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Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5 Against Dispositional Monism.............................................................................................. 11 1.1 Preliminaries: Two Distinct Issues ....................................................................................11 1.2 The Truthmaking Criterion for the Dispositional/Categorical Distinction ...................12 1.3 Arguing Against Dispositional Monism From the Actual Existence of Fundamental Categorical Features ........................................................................................................................17 1.3.1 Spatiotemporal Relations as fundamental categorical features .............................18 1.3.1.1 Introduction............................................................................................................18 1.3.1.2 Spatiotemporal Relations and Subjunctive Conditionals in pre-GR theories ..21 1.3.1.3 Bird's Argument for the Dispositional Essence of Spatiotemporal Relations ..22 1.3.1.4 An Appraisal of the Argument .............................................................................24 1.3.1.5 A Nomic interpretation of Bird's counterfactual?..............................................31 Against Identity Theory and Neutral Monism.................................................................... 35 2.1 Identity Theory....................................................................................................................35 2.1.1 Problems for Identity Theory....................................................................................35 2.1.1.1 The objection from the independent variability of dispositionality with respect to categoricality and vice versa. ..............................................................................................35 2.1.1.2 The one categoricality-multiple dispositionalities problem................................37 2.1.1.3 How can we understand (and justify) the 'surprising' triple identity?.............38 2.1.2 A Unique Categoricality? ..........................................................................................43 2.2 Neutral Monism ..................................................................................................................45 2.2.1 Neutral Monism and the Modified Ungrounded Argument...................................45 2.2.2 Agnosticism.................................................................................................................51 In Defence of Categorical Monism....................................................................................... 53 3.1 In defence of the categoricality of fundamental properties: the argument from renormalisation ................................................................................................................................53 3.2 Objections ............................................................................................................................58 Categorical Monism and Quidditism................................................................................... 63 4.1 Introduction.........................................................................................................................63 4.2 Versions of RNDV...............................................................................................................65 2 4.3 Defending RNDV ................................................................................................................72 4.3.1 The Permutation Difficulty.............................................................................

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing A&G
ISBN-10
3319412906
ISBN-13
9783319412900
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Science in Metaphysics : Exploring the Metaphysics of Properties and Laws
Author
Vassilis Livanios, Vasileios Livanios
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Metaphysics
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
Xvi, 251 Pages

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Item Length
8.3in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
158.8 Oz

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Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Bd95-131
Table of Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Against Dispositional Monism.- 3. Against Identity Theory and Neutral Monism.- 4. In Defense of Categorical Monism.- 5. Categorical Monism and Qudditism.- 6. Further objections to Categorical Monsim.- 7. The Contingent Character of Categoricality and Disposionality.- 8. Do Nomic Relations Exist?.- 9. Metaphysical Features of Nomic Relations and Laws.- 10. Concluding Remarks.- References.- Index.
Copyright Date
2017
Dewey Decimal
501
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
New Directions in the Philosophy of Science Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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