From Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics

"Exploring what a scientific metaphysics grounded in biological practices could look like and how it might impact the way we investigate the world around us, the contributors to From Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics review and discuss long-held objections to metaphysics by natural scientists. They illuminate how, in order to learn about the world as it truly is, we must look not only at what scientists say but also what they do"--

About the author

William C. Bausman is postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Zurich.
 
Janella K. Baxter is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Sam Houston State University.
 
Oliver M. Lean is a data scientist at AltaML in Calgary, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: William C. Baxter Bausman
• Assisted by: William C. Bausman (Editor), Janella K. Baxter (Editor), Oliver M. Lean (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 09.01.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9781517916701
• ISBN: 978-1-5179-1670-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology