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Scientific ontology : integrating naturalized metaphysics and voluntarist epistemology /

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Though science and philosophy take different approaches to ontology, metaphysical inferences are relevant to interpreting scientific work, and empirical investigations are relevant to philosophy. This book argues that there is no uniquely rational way to determine which domains of ontology are appro...

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Main Author: Chakravartty, Anjan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Ontology.
Science > Philosophy.
Ontologie.
ontologies (vocabularies)
ontology (metaphysics)
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Ontology
Science > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Though science and philosophy take different approaches to ontology, metaphysical inferences are relevant to interpreting scientific work, and empirical investigations are relevant to philosophy. This book argues that there is no uniquely rational way to determine which domains of ontology are appropriate for belief, making room for choice in a transformative account of scientific ontology.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190651466
0190651466
0190651482
9780190651480