Metaphysics and the philosophy of science : new essays
Matthew H. Slater (Editor), Zanja Yudell (Editor)
This volume of essays will explore the relationship between science and metaphysics, asking what role metaphysics should play in philosophizing about science. The essays will address this question both through ground-level investigations of particular issues in the metaphysics of science and more general methodological investigations. They thereby contribute to an ongoing discussion concerning the future, the limits, and the possibility of metaphysics as a legitimate philosophical project
ix, 258 pages ; 25 cm
9780199363209, 019936320X
956947667
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Introduction
Time for empiricist metaphysics
Ontology, complexity, and compositionality
Naturalized metaphysics and the contention over the ontological status of species
No general structure
An empiricist's guide to objective modality
So long, and thanks for all the fist: Metaphysics and the philosophy of science
An apology for naturalized metaphysics
Explanation and explanationism in science and metaphysics
Interventionism and the missing metaphysics: A dialogue
Against bracketing and complacency: Metaphysics and the methodology of the sciences