Every thing must go : metaphysics naturalized / James Ladyman and Don Ross ; with David Spurrett and John Collier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ladyman, James, 1969- author.

Ross, Don, 1962- author.

Spurrett, David, author.

Collier, John G. (John Gordon), 1935- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

First philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 346 pages)

Other Title:

Metaphysics naturalized

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Every Thing Must Go argues that the only kind of metaphysics that can contribute to objective knowledge is one based specifically on contemporary science as it really is, and not on philosophers' a priori intuitions, common sense, or simplifications of science. In addition to showing how recent metaphysics has drifted away from connection with all other serious scholarly inquiry as a result of not heeding this restriction, they demonstrate how to build a metaphysicscompatible with current fundamental physics ('ontic structural realism'), which, when combined with their metaphysics of the speci

Contents:

In defence of scientism / Don Ross, James Ladyman, and David Spurrett

Scientific realism, constructive empiricism, and structuralism / James Ladyman and Don Ross

Ontic structural realism and the philosophy of physics / James Ladyman and Don Ross

Rainforest realism and the unity of science / Don Ross, James Ladyman, and John Collier

Causation in a structural world / Don Ross, James Ladyman, and David Spurrett

Conclusion : philosophy enough / Don Ross and James Ladyman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-338) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-957309-3

1-281-16467-4

9786611164676

0-19-153475-7

1-4356-2335-5

OCLC:

726734931