Metaphysics and the Disunity of Scientific Knowledge

List of contents

1. Epistemology, Scepticism and Postmodernity. 2. Fundamentalism, Laws, Causes and Lies. 3. Pluralism. 4. Causes and Capacities. 5. Idealization. 6. The End of the World as We Know It.

About the author

Steve Clarke

Summary

First published in 1998, this volume’s primary concern is to demonstrate how a metaphysics can be developed which enables us to make do in an uncertain world and to develop a pragmatic alternative to postmodernism.

Product details

• Authors: Clarke, Steve Clarke
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138326026
• ISBN: 978-1-138-32602-6
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, Society and culture: general