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1 online resource (334 pages) |
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Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- References -- Chapter 1 The Things that Fill the World -- 1 The Idea of the World -- 2 Objects of Encounter and Objects of Inference -- 3 21st Century Pythagoreanism? -- 4 Mathematics and Worlds -- 5 Real Possibilities -- 6 The Idea of Physics -- 7 How Do Worlds Fit Together? -- 8 Mind in the World -- 9 Puzzling Organisms -- 10 Sharing Minds -- 11 Experienced Universals -- References |
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Chapter 2 Science and the Humanities in Hume's Philosophy of Religion -- 1 Science in Philo's Critique of the Argument from Design -- 2 The Humanities in Philo's Critique of the Argument from Design -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Idealism and Philosophy of Science -- References -- Chapter 4 Philosophy in Einstein's Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Empiricist Theory of Concepts -- 3 "An (Inherent) Epistemological Defect" -- 4 The Real -- 4.1 The Point-Coincidence Argument -- 4.2 The Incompleteness of Quantum Theory -- 5 The Power of Platonism -- 6 Conclusion -- References |
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Chapter 5 Nature, God, and Scientific Method -- 1 The Unity of the Sciences -- 2 The Methodological Constraints of Science -- 2.1 Regularity in Nature -- 2.2 Observing the Unobservable -- 2.3 The Methodological Constitution of Kinds -- 3 Clockworks and the Underdetermination of Theories -- References -- Chapter 6 Charles De Koninck, John Leslie, and the Conceptual Parameters of Science -- 1 Introduction: Science and Philosophy-Two Sides of the Same Coin* -- 2 Charles De Koninck -- 3 The Idealist Mission -- 4 De Koninck on Nature and Scientific Abstractions |
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5 Nature and Science: United by Common Values -- 6 De Koninck and the Inadequacies of Biological Explanations -- 7 De Koninck and the Limits of Deterministic Scientific Theories -- 8 John Leslie and the Platonic Universe of Universes -- 9 Platonism and Existence -- 10 Leslie on Consciousness -- 11 God's Existence or Non-Existence and God's Relevance to Science -- 11.1 Design -- 11.2 Fine Tuning -- 11.3 Randomness, Probability, and Observers -- 11.4 Is Explanation of Existence Necessary? -- 12 Design without a Designer -- 13 The Good World -- 13.1 Choosing a Theory of Explanation -- References |
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Chapter 7 Idealism and Naturalism: a Really Old Story Re-Told with Variations -- 1 Socrates and Anaxagoras -- 2 Can There Be a Natural Science of Man? -- 3 Bradley's Idealist Account of Structure -- 4 Althusser: Marxism as Idealism -- 5 John Stuart Mill on the Naturalist Science of Man: His Defence and Its Problems -- 6 Green Again: Can There Be a Natural Science of Man? -- 7 A Naturalistic or Empiricist Response to Bradley's Account of Structure -- 8 Once More Necessity: Empiricist Response and Idealist Counter-Response |
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8.1 Hume: an Empiricist Account of the Necessity of Causal Laws in Science |
| Summary |
Idealist Alternatives to Materialist Philosophies of Science (ed. Philip MacEwen) makes the case that there are other, and arguably better, ways of understanding science than materialism. Philosophical idealism leads the list of challengers but critical realism and various forms of pluralism are fully articulated as well. To ensure that the incumbent is adequately represented, the volume includes a major defence of materialism/naturalism from Anaxagoras to the present. Contributors include Leslie Armour, John D. Norton, and Fred Wilson with a Foreword by Nicholas Rescher. For anyone interested in whether materialism has a monopoly on science, this volume presents a good case for materialism but a better one for its alternatives. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: MacEwen, Philip. Idealist Alternatives to Materialist Philosophies of Science. Boston : BRILL, ©2019 9789004415263 |
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9004415270 |
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9789004415270 (electronic book) |
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