Andrew M. Winters

Natural Processes (eBook, PDF)

Understanding Metaphysics Without Substance

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Serves as the foundation for understanding how a metaphysics that takes processes as primary may be preferable to the traditional substance ontologies Situates discussion in the analytical tradition Argues for a historical, conceptual, and naturalistic reasoning for pursuing process metaphysics

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319675701
• Artikelnr.: 53064390

Autorenporträt

Andrew M. Winters teaches philosophy at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Ontological Frameworks.- 2. A Substance Metaphysics Primer.- 3. Commonsense Problems with Substance.- 4. Naturalistic Problems with Substance.- 5. Attenuated Methodological Naturalism.- 6. Metaphysics Without Substance.- 7. Conclusion: The Direction of Process Metaphysics.

Rezensionen

"Winters (Slippery Rock Univ.) argues that process metaphysics, a competitor to substance metaphysics largely marginalized in mainstream analytic philosophy, deserves more attention as an alternative framework for approaching natural explanation. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (D. A. Forbes, Choice, Vol. 55 (9), May, 2018)