Science in Metaphysics Exploring the Metaphysics of Properties and Laws

Science in Metaphysics Exploring the Metaphysics of Properties and Laws / by Vassilis Livanios.

This book explores the dispositional and categorical debates on the metaphysics of properties. It defends the view that all fundamental properties and relations are contingently categorical, while also examining alternative accounts of the nature of properties. Drawing upon both established research...

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Main Author: Livanios, Vassilis (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
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Subjects:
Metaphysics.
Philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Against Dispositional Monism
  • 3. Against Identity Theory and Neutral Monism
  • 4. In Defense of Categorical Monism
  • 5. Categorical Monism and Qudditism
  • 6. Further objections to Categorical Monsim
  • 7. The Contingent Character of Categoricality and Disposionality
  • 8. Do Nomic Relations Exist?
  • 9. Metaphysical Features of Nomic Relations and Laws
  • 10. Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Index.

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