Hypothetical metaphysics of nature

Détails

Ressource 1Télécharger: BIB_22454C595167.P001.pdf (183.48 [Ko])
Etat: Public
Version: Final published version
ID Serval
serval:BIB_22454C595167
Type
Partie de livre
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Hypothetical metaphysics of nature
Titre du livre
The significance of the hypothetical in the natural sciences
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Esfeld M
Editeur
de Gruyter
Lieu d'édition
Berlin
ISBN
ISBN 978-3-11-020694-4
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2009
Editeur⸱rice scientifique
Heidelberger M, Schiemann G
Pages
341-364
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The paper first sketches out a reply to the underdetermination challenge and the incommensurability challenge that rebuts the sceptical conclusions of these challenges and that is sufficient to lay the ground for the project of a metaphysics of nature. That metaphysics is as hypothetical as are our scientific theories. The paper then explains how can one can argue for certain views in the metaphysics of nature based on our current fundamental physical theories, namely the commitments to a tenseless theory of time and existence instead of a tensed one, to events instead of substances, and to relations instead of intrinsic properties. Finally, the paper mentions the themes of causation, laws and dispositions.
Création de la notice
14/04/2011 14:20
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 12:59
Données d'usage