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Classifying Reality


Classifying Reality


Ratio Special Issues 1. Aufl.

von: David S. Oderberg

19,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 25.02.2013
ISBN/EAN: 9781118508343
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 144

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<p>Distinguished metaphysicians examine issues central to the high-profile debate between philosophers over how to classify the natural world, and discuss issues in applied ontology such as the classification of diseases.</p> <ul> <li>Leading metaphysicians explore fundamental questions related to the classification and structure of the natural world</li> <li>An essential commentary on issues at the heart of the contemporary debate between philosophy and science</li> <li>Interweaves discussion of overarching themes with detailed material on applied ontology</li> </ul>
<p>Notes on Contributors vii</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p>1 Categorial Predication 5<br /> <i>E. J. Lowe</i></p> <p>2 Nature’s Joints: A Realistic Defence of Natural Properties 23<br /> <i>D. H. Mellor</i></p> <p>3 Boundaries in Reality 41<br /> <i>Tuomas E. Tahko</i></p> <p>4 Contrastive Explanations in Evolutionary Biology 61<br /> <i>Stephen Boulter</i></p> <p>5 Animate Beings: Their Nature and Identity 79<br /> <i>Gary S. Rosenkrantz</i></p> <p>6 Classifying Processes: An Essay in Applied Ontology 101<br /> <i>Barry Smith</i></p> <p>Index 127</p>
<p><b>David S. Oderberg</b> is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author or editor of several books in metaphysics and moral philosophy, and has contributed numerous journal articles on metaphysics, moral philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, and other topics. Professor Oderberg’s texts on <i>Moral Theory</i> and <i>Applied Ethics</i> were both published by Blackwell in 2000, while his most recent book, <i>Real Essentialism</i> (2007), sets out a neo-Aristotelian system of metaphysics.</p>
<p>Assembling the views of today’s leading metaphysicians on primary issues concerning the structure of reality and its taxonomy, this collection gets straight to the heart of one of the most hotly contested debates between philosophers and scientists. It illuminates its subject from diverse angles that include the principles of evolutionary biology and the nature and identity of animate beings.</p> <p>While some contributors focus on the applied ontology necessary for classifying life in its multitude of forms, others address the problematic question of objectivity. Should we view nature as ‘carved at the joints’, with objective lineaments scientists strive to record, or is the classification of nature itself a wholly mind-dependent matter? The book deftly interweaves these overarching themes with more applied topics such as the taxonomy of disease progression.</p>

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