Metaphysics and Explanation

ISBN 10: 0822985837 / ISBN 13: 9780822985839

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1966

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Synopsis:

This volume offers an unusual variety of topics presented during the fifth annual Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy. Essays topics include: a dispute of the standard deductivist account of scientific testability; two definitions of \u201cnonsense\u201d that are closely related and correlate to science's concern with truth and philosophy's concern with concepts; contesting the causes of voluntary actions purported in Hart and Honor\u00e9's Causation and the Law; distinguishing two kinds of metaphysical tasks-—taxonomic and evaluative; and discussions of \u201cwhat a thing is\u201d in terms of its qualities and particulars and the distinction between numerical and conceptual differences, universals and individuation.

About the Author:

W. H. Capitan was associate professor of philosophy at Oberlin College.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Metaphysics and Explanation
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication Date: 1966
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good