Speculative evaluations : essays on a pluralistic universe /
This book evaluates competing theories on speculative topics, such as nature, technology, space, time, and the relation of mind and matter. The general thesis is the actuality of principles in the form of laws, norms and other general principles in a plastic world, tying together the actualization o...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2012
Amsterdam ; New York : 2012 |
| Series: | Studies in pragmatism and values, SPV
Value Inquiry Book Series 243 Value inquiry book series ; v. 243 Value inquiry book series Studies in pragmatism and values. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; ONE Does Nature Exist? Toward a Critique of Nature and Naturalism; 1. Nature as Singular; 2. Nature as the Whole; 3. Nature as Distinct; A. Nature and Convention; B. Natural and Artificial; C. Nature as Essence; D. Nature as Lawlike; E. Nature as Motion or Change; F. Nature as Cause; G. Nature as Force; H. Nature as Environment; I. Nature as Mathematical; J. Nature as Mind; K. Nature as Species, Individuals; L. Nature as Historical; 4. Theoretical and Practical Consequences; TWO Mystical Materialism
- Preliminary Material
- INTRODUCTION
- DOES NATURE EXIST? TOWARD A CRITIQUE OF NATURE AND NATURALISM
- MYSTICAL MATERIALISM
- BEING, TECHNE, AND CHANGE
- CRITICAL EVALUATION OF FACTS
- THE PROBLEM WITH “BRAIN”
- PRINCIPLES: THE PRINCIPLE OF PRINCIPLES
- SPACE AND THE VOID
- IS TIME MULTIDIMENSIONAL?
- SPECULATIVE AXIOLOGY
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Index
- VIBS
- 1. Matter and Mind2. Nature Viewed as Mechanical; 3. Physicalism; THREE Being, Techne and Change; 1. Being, Becoming, and Change; 2. Reality as Indeterminate; 3. The Moral Task; FOUR Critical Evaluation of Facts; 1. Introduction; 2. The Identification of Facts with What "Is"; 3. The Identification of Facts with Knowledge; 4. The Fact-Value Distinction; FIVE The Problem with "Brain"; 1. The "Mind-Brain Identity" View; 2. Descartes; 3. Dimensionality; 4. Mind and Culture; 5. Mental Causation; 6. Conclusion; SIX Principles: The Principle of Principles; 1. What are Principles?
- 1. The Metaphysics of TimeA. Fixed Relations in Time; B. Time and Space; C. The Actuality of Time; D. Time and Motion; E. Events; F. The Subjectivity of Time; 2. Future to Past: the Flow of Time. The Past as "Gone"; 3. Past to Future: Determination and Prediction; 4. Two Contrary Directions: Different Dimensions?; 5. Time As a Measure of Changes, Not a Force: Does Multidimensionality Meet this Test?; 6. Conclusions; Conclusion; 1. The Normative Dimension of the World; 2. Perspective; A. Valence; B. Force; 3. Epochs: Hierarchical Evaluations of Chance; 4. Cosmic Balance; Notes; Bibliography
- 2. The Actuality of PrinciplesA. Principles are Presumed in Philosophy; B. Principles are Presumed in Science and Prediction; C. Modes; D. Justification of the Principle of Principles; 3. The Actuality of Principles Show Why Ontology is Inadequate; A. Onto-logy: The Ontic and the Normative; B. Origins; C. Nominalism; D. Kinds: Pluralism; SEVEN Space and the Void; 1. The Distinction of Perception and Space; A. Perception; B. Dimensionality; 2. Space and the Void: Qualities of the Void; 3. The Expansion of the Universe as Evidence for the Void; EIGHT Is Time Multidimensional?