Physicalism, the philosophical foundations /
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| Author / Creator: | Poland, Jeffrey Stephen |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. |
| Description: | viii, 384 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1551076 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1.. The Problem of Formulation
- 1.1.. Preliminaries
- 1.2.. Core Ideas and Values
- 1.3.. Gratuitous Associations
- 1.4.. Criteria for Assessing Physicalism
- 2.. Review of Past Formulations
- 2.1.. Reductionist Approaches
- 2.2.. Non-Reductionist Approaches
- 2.3.. Diagnosis and Conclusions
- 3.. Identification of the Physical Bases
- 3.1.. Bases for Ontology, Ideology, and Doctrine
- 3.2.. Presupposition 1: Divisions between Branches of Science
- 3.3.. Presupposition 2: Determinacy of the Bases
- 3.4.. Presupposition 3: The Privileged Status of Physics
- 4.. The Theses of Physicalism
- 4.1.. Ontological Dependence, Supervenience, and Realization
- 4.2.. Determination of Fact and Truth
- 4.3.. Vertical Explanation and Realization Theories
- 5.. The Metatheses of Physicalism
- 5.1.. Physicalism and the Natural Order
- 5.2.. A Posteriori Status and Its Problems
- 5.3.. Methodological Roles and the Resolution of Conflict
- 5.4.. Necessity, Contingency, and Physicalist Principles
- 5.5.. Summary and Conclusions
- 6.. Assessment of the Physicalist Programme
- 6.1.. Adequate Expression of the Core Ideas and Values
- 6.2.. Challenges to the Acceptability of Physicalism
- 6.3.. Prospects for Success of the Physicalist Programme
- 7.. Significance of the Physicalist Programme
- 7.1.. Physicalism and Philosophy
- 7.2.. Physicalism and Science
- 7.3.. Physicalism and Culture
- 7.4.. Physicalism and the Individual
- References
- Index