Every Thing Must Go : Metaphysics Naturalized /
Every Thing Must Go aruges that the only kind of metaphysics that can contribute to objective knowledge is one based specifically on contemporary science as it really is, and not on philosophers' a priori intuitions, common sense, or simplifications of science. In addition to showing how recent...
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| description | Every Thing Must Go aruges that the only kind of metaphysics that can contribute to objective knowledge is one based specifically on contemporary science as it really is, and not on philosophers' a priori intuitions, common sense, or simplifications of science. In addition to showing how recent metaphysics has drifted away from connection with all other serious scholarly inquiry as a result of not heeding this restriction, they demonstrate how to build a metaphysics compatible with current fundamental phsyics ("ontic structural realism"), which, when combined with their metaphysics of the special sciences ("rainforet realism"), can be used to unify physics with the other sciences without reducing these sciences to physics intself. Taking science metaphysically seriously, Ladyman and Ross argue, means that metaphysicians must abandon the picture of the world as composed of self-subsistent individual objects, and the paradigm of causation as the collision of such objects. Every Thing Must Go also assesses the role of information theory and complex systems theory in attempts to explain the relationship between the special sciences and physics, treading a middle road between the grand synthesis of thermodynamics and information, and eliminativism about information. The consequences of the author's metaphysical theory for central issues in the philosophy of science are explored, including the implications for the realism vs. empiricism debate, the role of causation in scientific explanations, the nature of causation and laws, the status of abstract and virtual objects, and the objective reality of natural kinds. |
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:4637482021-01-26T06:43:14ZEvery Thing Must Go : Metaphysics Naturalized / Ladyman, James 1969-, author 524569 Ross, Don 1962-, author 524570 Spurrett, David contributor 524571 Collier, John G. (John Gordon) 1935-, contributor 282953 textOxford, ENK. ; New York : Oxford University Press,2007©2012engEvery Thing Must Go aruges that the only kind of metaphysics that can contribute to objective knowledge is one based specifically on contemporary science as it really is, and not on philosophers' a priori intuitions, common sense, or simplifications of science. In addition to showing how recent metaphysics has drifted away from connection with all other serious scholarly inquiry as a result of not heeding this restriction, they demonstrate how to build a metaphysics compatible with current fundamental phsyics ("ontic structural realism"), which, when combined with their metaphysics of the special sciences ("rainforet realism"), can be used to unify physics with the other sciences without reducing these sciences to physics intself. Taking science metaphysically seriously, Ladyman and Ross argue, means that metaphysicians must abandon the picture of the world as composed of self-subsistent individual objects, and the paradigm of causation as the collision of such objects. Every Thing Must Go also assesses the role of information theory and complex systems theory in attempts to explain the relationship between the special sciences and physics, treading a middle road between the grand synthesis of thermodynamics and information, and eliminativism about information. The consequences of the author's metaphysical theory for central issues in the philosophy of science are explored, including the implications for the realism vs. empiricism debate, the role of causation in scientific explanations, the nature of causation and laws, the status of abstract and virtual objects, and the objective reality of natural kinds.Includes bibliographical references and index.In defence of scientism / Don Ross, James Ladyman, and David Spurrett -- Scientific realism, constructive empiricism, and structuralism / James Ladyman and Don Ross -- Ontic structural realism and the philosophy of physics / James Ladyman and Don Ross -- Rainforest realism and the unity of science / Don Ross, James Ladyman, and John Collier -- Causation in a structural world / Don Ross, James Ladyman, and David Spurrett -- Conclusion : philosophy enough / Don Ross and James Ladyman.Every Thing Must Go aruges that the only kind of metaphysics that can contribute to objective knowledge is one based specifically on contemporary science as it really is, and not on philosophers' a priori intuitions, common sense, or simplifications of science. In addition to showing how recent metaphysics has drifted away from connection with all other serious scholarly inquiry as a result of not heeding this restriction, they demonstrate how to build a metaphysics compatible with current fundamental phsyics ("ontic structural realism"), which, when combined with their metaphysics of the special sciences ("rainforet realism"), can be used to unify physics with the other sciences without reducing these sciences to physics intself. Taking science metaphysically seriously, Ladyman and Ross argue, means that metaphysicians must abandon the picture of the world as composed of self-subsistent individual objects, and the paradigm of causation as the collision of such objects. Every Thing Must Go also assesses the role of information theory and complex systems theory in attempts to explain the relationship between the special sciences and physics, treading a middle road between the grand synthesis of thermodynamics and information, and eliminativism about information. The consequences of the author's metaphysical theory for central issues in the philosophy of science are explored, including the implications for the realism vs. empiricism debate, the role of causation in scientific explanations, the nature of causation and laws, the status of abstract and virtual objects, and the objective reality of natural kinds.PSZ_JBMetaphysicsURN:ISBN:9780199276196URN:ISBN:0199276196 |
| spellingShingle | Metaphysics Ladyman, James 1969-, author 524569 Ross, Don 1962-, author 524570 Spurrett, David contributor 524571 Collier, John G. (John Gordon) 1935-, contributor 282953 Every Thing Must Go : Metaphysics Naturalized / |
| title | Every Thing Must Go : Metaphysics Naturalized / |
| title_full | Every Thing Must Go : Metaphysics Naturalized / |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Every Thing Must Go : Metaphysics Naturalized / |
| title_short | Every Thing Must Go : Metaphysics Naturalized / |
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| topic | Metaphysics |
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