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

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