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Physics avoidance : and other essays in conceptual strategy / Mark Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Mark, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 427 pages) : illustrations, portraits
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Other essays in conceptual strategy
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Mark Wilson explores our strategies for understanding the world. We frequently cannot reason about nature in the straightforward manner we anticipate, but must use alternative thought processes that reach useful answers in opaque and roundabout ways; and philosophy must find better descriptive tools to reflect this.
- Contents:
- Pragmatics' place at the table
- Physics avoidance
- From the bending of beams to the problem of free will
- Two cheers for anti-atomism
- The greediness of scales
- Believers in the land of glory
- Is there life in possible worlds?
- Semantic mimicry
- A second pilgrim's progress.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 9, 2017).
- Description based on print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-184165-X
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