Properties, Powers and Structures: Issues in the Metaphysics of Realism

Book Overview

While the phrase "metaphysics of science" has been used from time to time, it has only recently begun to denote a specific research area in which metaphysics meets philosophy of science-and the sciences themselves. The essays in this volume demonstrate that metaphysics of science is an innovative field of research in its own right. The principle areas covered are: modal metaphysics of properties, realism in mathematics and its relation to science, dispositions and their relation to causation, pandispositionalism, and natural kinds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138245283
• ISBN13: 9781138245280
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"