Beyond Matter
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-59947-512-7 (ISBN)
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Metaphysics has traditionally been understood as reasoning beyond the reach of science, sometimes even claiming realities beyond its grasp. Because of this, metaphysics is often contemptuously dismissed by scientists and philosophers who wish to remain within the bounds of what can be scientifically proven. Yet scientists at the frontiers of physics unwittingly engage in metaphysics, as they are now happy to contemplate whole universes that are, in principle, beyond human reach.
Roger Trigg challenges those who deny that science needs philosophical assumptions. Trigg claims that the foundations of science themselves have to lie beyond science. It takes reasoning apart from experience to discover what is not yet known and this metaphysical reasoning to imagine realities beyond what can be accessed.
“In Beyond Matter, Roger Trigg advances a powerful, persuasive, fair-minded argument that the sciences require a philosophical, metaphysical foundation. This is a brilliant book for newcomers to the philosophy of science and experts alike.” —Charles Taliaferro, professor of philosophy, St. Olaf College
Roger Trigg is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick, a senior research fellow at the Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford, and a long-standing member of St Cross College, Oxford. Trigg is a former Mind Association president and the founding president of the British Philosophical Association, representing all British philosophy. As the author of many books on central philosophical topics, he has opposed relativism in all its forms. His most recent book is Religious Diversity: Philosophical and Political Dimensions (Cambridge University Press, 2014), but much of his writing has focused on issues arising from the philosophy of science, including Rationality and Science (Wiley-Blackwell, 1993).
Preface / ix
Chapter 1: Is Science the Sole Authority? / 3
Chapter 2: Science and Reality / 25
Chapter 3: World and Mind / 49
Chapter 4: Is the World Intelligible? / 73
Chapter 5: The Unity of Science / 101
Chapter 6: The Success of Science / 127
Notes / 149
Index / 159
Erscheinungsdatum | 25.08.2016 |
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Verlagsort | Radnor |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-59947-512-X / 159947512X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-59947-512-7 / 9781599475127 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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