Philosophy of Nature : Rethinking naturalness
Svein Anders Noer. Lie
Bok Engelsk 2016 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | : : Taylor and Francis, , 2016.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (241 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I Disputable natures; 1 Naturalness; 1.0 Introduction: the dubious status of naturalness; 1.1 General motivation; 1.2 'Naturalness': the semantic job; 1.3 Nature: constructivism, epistemology and ontology; 1.4 Following nature?; References; 2 'No Naturalness, only Nature'; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 Aristotle: "existing by nature"; 2.2 Fixed beings; 2.3 Understanding today's concept of naturalness; 2.4 Essentialism: John Locke; 2.5 Humeanism; 2.6 The experiment; 2.7 Science: from in-vitro to in-vivo. - 2.8 Reservations2.9 No naturalness, only nature; References; PART II A positive concept of naturalness; 3 Dispositions; 3.0 Introducing dispositions; 3.1 Real potentiality?; 3.2 Categorical properties; 3.3 Problems for the dispositional monist; 3.4 Combined views; 3.5 The categorical and dispositional revised; 3.6 Modified neutral monism; References; 4 Dispositions and relational realism; 4.0 Introduction: relational realism; 4.1 Reductionism and intrinsicality; 4.2 Relational realism; 4.3 Reciprocal dispositional partners; 4.4 The combinatorial puzzle; 4.5 "Relational problems". - 4.6 Towards a relational account of dispositions4.7 The nature of things; References; 5 Rethinking naturalness; 5.0 Introduction; 5.1 Logical and de re possibility; 5.2 HEDFs; 5.3 Possible-I and possible-N; 5.4 Containment and possible-I; 5.5 It is possible-I, but is it possible-N?; 5.6 Naturalness and dispositions; 5.7 New eyes on environmental ethics; References; 6 Naturalness in ecology and wilderness stewardship; 6.0 Introduction; 6.1 Naturalness, ecology and wilderness; 6.2 Botkin and balance in nature; 6.3 Wilderness stewardship; 6.4 Ecology, dispositions and naturalness; References. - Index
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| ISBN | 9781138792883
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