The Panenmentalist Philosophy of Science From the Recognition of Individual Pure Possibilities to Actual Discoveries
This book presents a philosophy of science, based on panenmentalism: an original modal metaphysics, which is realist about individual pure (non-actual) possibilities and rejects the notion of possible worlds. The book systematically constructs a new and novel way of understanding and explaining scie...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2020.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 424. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43232851*spi |
| Sumario: | This book presents a philosophy of science, based on panenmentalism: an original modal metaphysics, which is realist about individual pure (non-actual) possibilities and rejects the notion of possible worlds. The book systematically constructs a new and novel way of understanding and explaining scientific progress, discoveries, and creativity. It demonstrates that a metaphysics of individual pure possibilities is indispensable for explaining and understanding mathematics and natural sciences. It examines the nature of individual pure possibilities, actualities, mind-dependent and mind-independent possibilities, as well as mathematical entities. It discusses in detail the singularity of each human being as a psychical possibility. It analyses striking scientific discoveries, and illustrates by means of examples of the usefulness and vitality of individual pure possibilities in the sciences. |
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| Descripción Física: | XII, 315 p. : 2 il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783030411244 |
