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Scientific Ontology: Integrating Naturalized Metaphysics and Voluntarist Epistemology
Anjan Chakravartty
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Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; PDA. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Both science and philosophy are interested in questions of ontology - questions about what exists and what these things are like. Science and philosophy, however, seem like very different ways of investigating the world, so how should one proceed? Some defer to the sciences, conceived as something apart from philosophy, and others to metaphysics, conceived as something apart from science, for certain kinds of answers. This book contends that these sorts of deference are misconceived. A compelling account of ontology must appreciate the ways in which the sciences incorporate metaphysical assumptions and arguments. At the same time, it must ... Read more
Both science and philosophy are interested in questions of ontology - questions about what exists and what these things are like. Science and philosophy, however, seem like very different ways of investigating the world, so how should one proceed? Some defer to the sciences, conceived as something apart from philosophy, and others to metaphysics, conceived as something apart from science, for certain kinds of answers. This book contends that these sorts of deference are misconceived. A compelling account of ontology must appreciate the ways in which the sciences incorporate metaphysical assumptions and arguments. At the same time, it must ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190651459
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V9780190651459
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About Anjan Chakravartty
Anjan Chakravartty is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where he works on topics in the philosophy of science, metaphysics, and epistemology. He is the Director of the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values, the Editor in Chief of the journal Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, and has taught previously at ... Read more
Reviews for Scientific Ontology: Integrating Naturalized Metaphysics and Voluntarist Epistemology
Chakravartty's book is a delight. His combination of realism in metaphysics and voluntarism in epistemology gives him a uniquely insightful approach to all the issues concerning scientific realism and what Chakravartty calls its unavoidable dilemmas. I regard this as required reading for anyone intent on continuing the debate.
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