Introduction to Metaphysics

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41Quantum mechanics / Metaphysics / Ontic / Introduction to quantum mechanics / Interpretations of quantum mechanics / Physics / Philosophy of science / Science

Science  and  metaphysics:  the  case  of  quantum  physics   Michael Esfeld University of Lausanne, Switzerland, [removed] The paper argues that doing metaphysics requires ta

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Source URL: www.philosophie.ch

Language: English - Date: 2011-06-21 22:45:00
42Interpretations of quantum mechanics / Reality / Philosophy of physics / Measurement problem / Many-worlds interpretation / Quantum decoherence / De Broglie–Bohm theory / Introduction to quantum mechanics / Quantum entanglement / Physics / Quantum mechanics / Quantum measurement

Science and metaphysics: the case of quantum physics Michael Esfeld University of Lausanne, Department of Philosophy [removed] (Draft 28 May 2011; for Festschrift for Kevin Mulligan on the occasion o

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Language: English - Date: 2011-06-21 22:45:01
43Causality / Analytic philosophy / Analytic philosophers / Philosophy of science / Counterfactual conditional / David Lewis / Causation / Disposition / Stephen Mumford / Law / Conditionals / Philosophy

The metaphysics of dispositions and causes TOBY H A N D F I E L D . Introduction In explaining what happens, we commonly use both dispositional and causal concepts. A historian might refer to the belligerent dispos

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Source URL: www.bristol.ac.uk

Language: English - Date: 2010-06-15 11:01:45
44Cognitive science / Physicalism / Philosophy of science / Materialism / Emergence / Emergentism / Multiple realizability / Dualism / Reductionism / Metaphysics / Philosophy of mind / Philosophy

Metaphysical Emergence: Weak and Strong∗ Jessica Wilson† Draft: September 1, 2014 Introduction Why care about what emergence is, and whether there is any? To start, many complex

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Language: English - Date: 2014-12-15 20:23:44
45Philosophy of science / Natural philosophy / Aristotelianism / Empiricists / Physics / Aristotle / Matter / Nature / Stoic Categories / Philosophy / Metaphysics / Ontology

Aristotelian Matter Unified∗ John MacFarlane† Draft: Please do not cite or circulate without permission. 1. Introduction What is the matter of a (sublunary) substance? Aristotle seems to give two

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Source URL: johnmacfarlane.net

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-21 18:02:00
46Nominalism / Problem of universals / Gottfried Leibniz / Universal / Philosophical realism / Reality / Abstract object / Category of being / Identity of indiscernibles / Ontology / Metaphysics / Philosophy

JEAN-BAPTISTE RAUZY AN ATTEMPT TO EVALUATE LEIBNIZ’ NOMINALISM1 1. Introduction

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Source URL: metaphysica.de

Language: English - Date: 2006-02-07 06:49:22
47Logic / Philosophical logic / Philosophy of science / Philosophy of time / Causality / Philosophy of mind / Temporal parts / Modal logic / Category of being / Philosophy / Metaphysics / Ontology

From: R. Casati and A. C. Varzi, 50 Years of Events: An Annotated Bibliography 1947 to 1997, Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, 1997, pp. 1–8. Introduction This bibliography is concerned with recent li

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Source URL: www.columbia.edu

Language: English - Date: 2005-04-20 13:02:13
48Philosophical movements / Empiricism / Justification / Metaphysics / Philosophical realism / Reality / Scientific realism / Logical positivism / A priori and a posteriori / Philosophy / Philosophy of science / Ontology

Does Physics Answer Metaphysical Questions?1 JAMES LADYMAN 1. Introduction According to logical positivism, so the story goes, metaphysical

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Language: English - Date: 2010-06-24 06:46:20
49Individuation / Problem of universals / Peter Abelard / Boethius / Metaphysics / Universal / Scholasticism / Philosophy / Jorge J. E. Gracia / Principle of individuation

c Peter King, The Philosophical Review[removed]), 564–567 REVIEW Introduction to the Problem of Individuation in the Early Middle Ages. By JORGE J. E. GRACIA. Washington, D. C.: Catholic University

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Language: English - Date: 2005-03-04 15:37:14
50Philosophy of life / Branches of philosophy / Meta-ethics / Morality / Utilitarianism / Moral skepticism / Immanuel Kant / Metaphysics / Moral responsibility / Philosophy / Ethics / Social philosophy

PHIL 1200 Introduction to Philosophy A02: MWF 10:30 – 11:20 Instructor: Dimitrios Dentsoras Office: 445 University College Email: dentsora[at]cc[dot]umanitoba[dot]ca Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00-10:30, or

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Language: English - Date: 2014-11-18 14:33:48
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