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Caruana, Louis

Nature: its conceptual architecture. Berner Reihe philosophischer Studien ; Bd. 49.

Bern - Berlin - Bruxelles - Frankfurt, M. - New York, NY - Oxford - Wien : Lang, 2014.,

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ISBN
9783034315777
Autor
Caruana, Louis
Editores
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt, M., New York, NY, Oxford, Wien : Lang, 2014.
Formato
332 S. ; 21 cm, kart.
Sobrecubierta
No
Idiomas
Inlgés
Copia autógrafa
No
Primera edición
No

Descripción

Tadelloses Exemplar. - Introduction -- Chapter 1 -Nature: a short history -- The dynamic view of Nature -- The mechanistic view of Nature -- The Romantic view of Nature -- The evolutionary view of Nature -- Chapter 2 - Explaining Nature -- Observation -- The elements of the logic of explanation -- The practice of explanation -- Explanation and nature -- Chapter 3 - Causes -- Causation detached from nature -- The concepts of causation and nature reunited? -- Natural causers -- Causal pluralism -- Chapter 4-The Limits of Causation -- What is the universe? -- The cause of the universe -- First objection: randomness -- Second objection: infinite regress -- Third objection: transcendence -- Chapter 5 - Nature and ordinary language -- Ordinary language about the mind -- Ontological implications -- A new account of the mental -- Evaluation -- Chapter 6 - Nature and Meaning -- The Tractatus -- The Philosophical Investigations -- Nature and meaning -- Chapter 7 - Levels in Nature -- Emergent properties -- Habits as emergent properties : -- Consciousness as an emergent property -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 -Nature, Evolution and Mind -- The evolutionary account of nature revisited -- Biology and culture -- Animal cognition -- Mind and language -- A synthetic account -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 - Nature, Value, and Morality -- Preliminary remarks on value and right action -- Evolutionary ethics -- A synthetic approach // u.a. ISBN 9783034315777