Physicalism: the philosophical foundations /

An exploration of contemporary physicalism - the view that everything is a manifestation of the physical aspects of the universe. The book discusses the motivating ideas and values of physicalism, probes its presuppositions and problems, and considers its broader significance for philosophy.

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Philosophical foundations
The Problem of Formulation --
Core Ideas and Values --
Gratuitous Associations --
Criteria for Assessing Physicalism --
Review of Past Formulations --
Reductionist Approaches --
Non-Reductionist Approaches --
Diagnosis and Conclusions --
Identification of the Physical Bases --
Bases for Ontology, Ideology, and Doctrine --
Presupposition 1: Divisions between Branches of Science --
Presupposition 2: Determinacy of the Bases --
Presupposition 3: The Privileged Status of Physics --
The Theses of Physicalism --
Ontological Dependence, Supervenience, and Realization --
Determination of Fact and Truth --
Vertical Explanation and Realization Theories --
The Metatheses of Physicalism --
Physicalism and the Natural Order --
A Posteriori Status and Its Problems --
Methodological Roles and the Resolution of Conflict --
Necessity, Contingency, and Physicalist Principles --
Assessment of the Physicalist Programme --
Adequate Expression of the Core Ideas and Values --
Challenges to the Acceptability of Physicalism --
Prospects for Success of the Physicalist Programme --
Significance of the Physicalist Programme --
Physicalism and Philosophy --
Physicalism and Science --
Physicalism and Culture --
Physicalism and the Individual.
1. Verfasser:
Poland, Jeffrey Stephen
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Clarendon, 1994.
Zusammenfassung:
An exploration of contemporary physicalism - the view that everything is a manifestation of the physical aspects of the universe. The book discusses the motivating ideas and values of physicalism, probes its presuppositions and problems, and considers its broader significance for philosophy.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 384 pages)
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-168120-2
0-19-824980-2
Schlagworte:
Materialism > Philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science > Philosophy.
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