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Physicalism in Mathematics

Author : A.D. Irvine

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 385 pages

File Size : 31,70 MB

Release : 2012-12-06

Category : Science

ISBN : 9400919026

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This collection of papers has its origin in a conference held at the Uni versity of Toronto in June of 1988. The theme of the conference was Physicalism in Mathematics: Recent Work in the Philosophy of Math ematics. At the conference, papers were read by Geoffrey Hellman (Minnesota), Yvon Gauthier (Montreal), Michael Hallett (McGill), Hartry Field (USC), Bob Hale (Lancaster & St Andrew's), Alasdair Urquhart (Toronto) and Penelope Maddy (Irvine). This volume supplements updated versions of six of those papers with contributions by Jim Brown (Toronto), John Bigelow (La Trobe), John Burgess (Princeton), Chandler Davis (Toronto), David Papineau (Cambridge), Michael Resnik (North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Peter Simons (Salzburg) and Crispin Wright (St Andrews & Michigan). Together they provide a vivid, expansive snapshot of the exciting work which is currently being carried out in philosophy of mathematics. Generous financial support for the original conference was provided by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the British Council, and the Department of Philosophy together with the Office of Internal Relations at the University of Toronto. Additional support for the production of this volume was gratefully received from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada.



Consciousness and the Limits of Objectivity

Author : Robert J. Howell

Publisher : OUP Oxford

Page : 201 pages

File Size : 41,73 MB

Release : 2013-06-13

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0199654662

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Robert J. Howell offers a new account of the relationship between conscious experience and the physical world, based on a neo-Cartesian notion of the physical and careful consideration of three anti-materialist arguments. His theory of subjective physicalism reconciles the data of consciousness with the advantages of a monistic, physical ontology.



Physicalism

Author : Daniel Stoljar

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 13,3 MB

Release : 2010-04-05

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1135149224

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Physicalism, the thesis that everything is physical, is one of the most important yet divisive problems in philosophy. In this superb introduction to the problem Daniel Stoljar focuses on three fundamental questions: the interpretation, truth and philosophical significance of physicalism.



The Reality of Numbers

Author : John Bigelow

Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 22,90 MB

Release : 1988

Category : History

ISBN : 9780198249573

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This book casts new light on mathematics through its consideration of metaphysical materialism. The author identifies natural, real and imaginary numbers and sets with specified physical properties and relations. However sets are construed numbers are not sets. Sets are important simply because they instantiate all the numbers and all the other properties and relations studied in mathematics. Set theory tempts us into misunderstanding the nature of mathematics; Bigelow challenges the myth that mathematicalobjects can be defined into existence. By reconstruing numbers as real, non-linguistic, physical properties or relations, mathematics can be drawn back from its sterile, abstract exile into the midst of the physical world to which we belong.



Physicalism and Its Discontents

Author : Carl Gillett

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 396 pages

File Size : 37,63 MB

Release : 2001-11-26

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780521801751

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A collection of essays by physicalists and their critics on the important doctrine of physicalism, first published in 2001.



Objections to Physicalism

Author : Howard Robinson

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 14,99 MB

Release : 2023

Category : Materialism

ISBN : 9781383013535

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These essays challenge the adequacy of contemporary materialist theories, especially in the philosophy of mind. The forms of materialism discussed here have been at the forefront of recent debate, but these theories are shown to face formidable problems.



Understanding Physicalism

Author : Gregor M. Hörzer

Publisher : ISSN

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 34,44 MB

Release : 2022-12-19

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9783111125008

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Book Description

This series is devoted to publishing books in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science. The series aims at being an outstanding platform for state of the art contributions in these areas. The studies should be carried out in an argumentative style and advance current debates in a significant manner. While the main publication language is English, we also welcome German language manuscript submissions. All books are peer-reviewed.



Physicalism Deconstructed

Author : Kevin Morris

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 38,4 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1108472168

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Provides a philosophical and historical critique of contemporary conceptions of physicalism, especially non-reductive, levels-based approaches to physicalist metaphysics. Challenging assumptions about the mind-body problem, this accessible book will interest scholars working in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.



Philosophy of Chemistry

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Publisher : Elsevier

Page : 560 pages

File Size : 39,28 MB

Release : 2011-11-02

Category : Science

ISBN : 008093076X

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Philosophy of Chemistry investigates the foundational concepts and methods of chemistry, the science of the nature of substances and their transformations. This groundbreaking collection, the most thorough treatment of the philosophy of chemistry ever published, brings together philosophers, scientists and historians to map out the central topics in the field. The 33 articles address the history of the philosophy of chemistry and the philosophical importance of some central figures in the history of chemistry; the nature of chemical substances; central chemical concepts and methods, including the chemical bond, the periodic table and reaction mechanisms; and chemistry's relationship to other disciplines such as physics, molecular biology, pharmacy and chemical engineering. This volume serves as a detailed introduction for those new to the field as well as a rich source of new insights and potential research agendas for those already engaged with the philosophy of chemistry. - Provides a bridge between philosophy and current scientific findings - Encourages multi-disciplinary dialogue - Covers theory and applications



A Physicalist Manifesto

Author : Andrew Melnyk

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 342 pages

File Size : 37,41 MB

Release : 2003-10-09

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1139442279

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A Physicalist Manifesto is a full treatment of the comprehensive physicalist view that, in some important sense, everything is physical. Andrew Melnyk argues that the view is best formulated by appeal to a carefully worked-out notion of realization, rather than supervenience; that, so formulated, physicalism must be importantly reductionist; that it need not repudiate causal and explanatory claims framed in non-physical language; and that it has the a posteriori epistemic status of a broad-scope scientific hypothesis. Two concluding chapters argue in detail that contemporary science provides no significant empirical evidence against physicalism and some considerable evidence for it. Written in a brisk, candid and exceptionally clear style, this 2003 book should appeal to professionals and students in philosophy of mind, metaphysics and philosophy of science.