WORLDVIEWS, SCIENCE AND US: STUDIES OF ANALYTICAL METAPHYSICS
A Selection of Topics from a Methodological Perspective
Proceedings of the 5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop
Ghent, Belgium, 2 – 3 June 2005
edited by Robrecht Vanderbeeken (Ghent University, Belgium)
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Bart D'Hooghe (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium)
Table of Contents (29k)
Chapter 1: Worldviews, Science and Us: Studies of Analytical Metaphysics. A Selection of Topics From a Methodological Perspective (55k)
This volume brings together the lectures presented at the 5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop held from June 2 to 3, 2005, in Ghent, Belgium. The aim of this volume is twofold. First, it fields a selection of ongoing discussions on a central topic in contemporary analytical metaphysics. Authors were asked to encapsulate their lecture topic into a précis, highlighting the contesting views, accentuating the pro and contra of the main arguments, and shedding light on the origin, the evolution and the eventual offspring of a respective discussion. Second, this volume addresses the methodological question by examining what can be learned if we compare these discussions from a methodological perspective. What are the red herrings and shortcomings? Is an integrated methodology possible? Does each discussion finally await a pluralism of plausible positions or will an overall convincing account be expected? And finally, can analytical metaphysics methodologically assert and investigate their basic assumptions, if not from a common sense stance?
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