Metaphysics Within Physics

Zusatztext Review from previous edition This is an elegantly written and enormously stimulating book. It is full of original, provocative, philosophical argumentation. Maudlin shows by example what it is to do the best kind of naturalized metaphysics: one based on thorough acquaintance with real science, but unwilling to accept a superficial analysis of how it bears on deep philosophical problems. Every metaphysician should read it and emulate Maudlin's method, even when disagreeing with his conclusions. Informationen zum Autor Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Klappentext Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon! 2007. Zusammenfassung What does physics tell us about metaphysics? Tim Maudlin's philosophical examination of the fundamental structure of the world as presented by physics challenges the most widely accepted philosophical accounts of laws of nature, universals, the direction of time and causation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: A Modest Proposal Concerning Laws, Counterfacutals, and Explanations 2: Why Be Humean 3: Suggestions Form Physics For Deep Metaphysics 4: On the Passing of Time 5: Causation, Counterfactuals, and the Third Factor 6: The Whole Ball of Wax Epilogue: A Remark on the Method of Metaphysics

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tim Maudlin, Tim (Department of Philosophy Maudlin, Maudlin Tim
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.11.2009
• EAN: 9780199575374
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957537-4
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology