Unorthodox Humeanism

Georg Sparber

Published by De Gruyter 2009

Unorthodox Humeanism

Georg Sparber

Volume 14 in the series Logos

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110323986

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Contents

About this book

The book discusses contemporary metaphysics of science and deals with the central question which ontology fits best with our knowledge of the world. Two competing positions in today's metaphysics of science are analysed: Humeanism and dispositionalism. There are physical and metaphysical arguments to show that orthodox Humeanism is in trouble. The unorthodox metaphysical turn consists in taking the fundamental properties to be relations rather than intrinsic properties. The book spells out in detail what an unorthodox version of Humeanism amounts to and shows that in turning unorthodox Humeanism offers a competitive metaphysical framework for science without commitment to irreducible causation.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
The nature of fundamental properties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 1: Orthodox Humeanism on laws of nature and causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 2: Orthodox dispositionalism on laws of nature and causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Chapter 3: Humeanism vs. dispositionalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 4: Unorthodox Humeanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Humean metaphysics of causation as informed of contemporary science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 226
Keywords: Hume; Ontologie; Philosophie

eBook

Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110323986

Hardcover

Published: February 27, 2009
ISBN: 9783110323740