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Explanatory Pluralism
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Author : C. Mantzavinos
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-05-26
Explanatory Pluralism written by C. Mantzavinos and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-26 with Philosophy categories.
This book proposes a new philosophical theory of scientific explanation by developing and defending the position of explanatory pluralism.
Explanatory Pluralism
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Author : Chrysostomos Mantzavinos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Explanatory Pluralism written by Chrysostomos Mantzavinos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Explanation categories.
This book proposes a new philosophical theory of scientific explanation by developing and defending the position of explanatory pluralism.
Towards Explanatory Pluralism In Cognitive Science
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Author : Maria Serban
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Towards Explanatory Pluralism In Cognitive Science written by Maria Serban and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Frontiers Of Diversity
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Author : Avery Plaw
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2005
Frontiers Of Diversity written by Avery Plaw and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
"Frontiers of Diversity critically examines the explanatory and normative power of pluralism in contemporary philosophy, politics, economics and culture. Based on the papers presented at the "First Global Conference on Critical Issues in Pluralism" at Mansfield College, Oxford, it brings together for the first time essays examining pluralism's impact, both positive and negative, in each of these critical domains. These essays exhibit something of the fertility of the concept of pluralism, not only across the spectrum of fields, but at all levels of analysis, from individual to social to national and international, touching on specific cases from around the world. Through their diversity, the essays are intended to both promote cross-pollination between these domains of study and experience, and to encourage reflection on pluralism as a powerful cross-disciplinary approach for understanding the contemporary world."--BOOK JACKET.
A Pluralist Theory Of The Mind
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Author : David Ludwig
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-10-22
A Pluralist Theory Of The Mind written by David Ludwig and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-22 with Science categories.
This book challenges common debates in philosophy of mind by questioning the framework of placement problems in contemporary metaphysics. The author argues that placement problems arise when exactly one fundamental ontology serves as the base for all entities, and will propose a pluralist alternative that takes the diversity of our conceptual resources and ontologies seriously. This general pluralist account is applied to issues in philosophy of mind to argue that contemporary debates about the mind-body problem are built on this problematic framework of placement problems. The starting point is the plurality of ontologies in scientific practice. Not only can we describe the world in terms of physical, biological, or psychological ontologies, but any serious engagement with scientific ontologies will identify more specific ontologies in each domain. For example, there is not one unified ontology for biology, but rather a diversity of scientific specializations with different ontological needs. Based on this account of scientific practice the author argues that there is no reason to assume that ontological unification must be possible everywhere. Without this ideal, the scope of ontological unification turns out to be an open empirical question and there is no need to present unification failures as philosophically puzzling “placement problems”.
Choice
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Author : Per Anders Kristian Herlitz
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Choice written by Per Anders Kristian Herlitz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Conflict management categories.
This thesis examines decision-making in value conflicts, and argues in favor of a unified approach to decision-making that accepts partial success of a plurality of decision-making methods, and that uses these as alternative heuristic tools the appropriateness of which is established and guided by interpretative and creative reasoning. This general conclusion is reached in numerous steps. First, an uncontroversial form of prima facie pluralism is accepted as the point of departure. Second, the diversity of value conflicts as well as the variety of different relations that values can have to each other (the degree of comparability) is established. Third, the impact of representations and the importance of the selection of matter for reasoning are illustrated and named the problem with representation. This, fourthly, undermines the possibilities of monistic value theories to dissolve conflicts, but also means that explanatory models of values need to account for both currencies of values and the way in which representations of the world are created. Such types of explanatory models are dubbed explanatory pluralism. Once the problem with representation and need for explanatory pluralism are settled, it is shown that prevalent approaches to decision-making (including maximizing methods, subsumption under principles, and by Aristotle inspired approaches that assign importance to judgment) have some merit, but all fail to account for the complexities surrounding what it is like to make a choice in a value conflict. The only way of dealing with these complexities is by combining a plurality of first order methods so that these can be matched with particular situations with the assistance of interpretative and creative reasoning. A unified approach to decision-making that furthermore accepts the necessity of its procedural nature as well as the dialectical relation between holding a value and making a decision manages best to deal with the identified problems.
Reduction In Philosophy Of Mind
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Author : Markus I. Eronen
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-05-02
Reduction In Philosophy Of Mind written by Markus I. Eronen and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-02 with Philosophy categories.
The notion of reduction continues to play a key role in philosophy of mind and philosophy of cognitive science. Supporters of reductionism claim that psychological properties or explanations reduce to neural properties or explanations, while antireductionists claim that such reductions are not possible. In this book, I apply recent developments in philosophy of science, particularly the mechanistic explanation paradigm and the interventionist theory of causation, to reassess the traditional approaches to reduction in philosophy of mind. I then elaborate and defend a pluralistic framework for philosophy of mind, and show how reductionist ideas can be incorporated into it. This leads to a novel synthesis of pluralism and reductionism that I call pluralistic physicalism.
Scientific Pluralism
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Author : Stephen H. Kellert
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2006
Scientific Pluralism written by Stephen H. Kellert and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Science categories.
Scientific pluralism is an issue at the forefront of philosophy of science. This landmark work addresses the question, Can pluralism be advanced as a general, philosophical interpretation of science? Scientific Pluralism demonstrates the viability of the view that some phenomena require multiple accounts. Pluralists observe that scientists present various—sometimes even incompatible—models of the world and argue that this is due to the complexity of the world and representational limitations. Including investigations in biology, physics, economics, psychology, and mathematics, this work provides an empirical basis for a consistent stance on pluralism and makes the case that it should change the ways that philosophers, historians, and social scientists analyze scientific knowledge. Contributors: John Bell, U of Western Ontario; Michael Dickson, U of South Carolina; Carla Fehr, Iowa State U; Ronald N. Giere, U of Minnesota; Geoffrey Hellman, U of Minnesota; Alan Richardson, U of British Columbia; C. Wade Savage, U of Minnesota; Esther-Mirjam Sent, U of Nijmegen. Stephen H. Kellert is professor of philosophy at Hamline University and a fellow of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. Helen E. Longino is professor of philosophy at Stanford University. C. Kenneth Waters is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.
Explaining Right And Wrong
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Author : Benjamin Sachs
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-28
Explaining Right And Wrong written by Benjamin Sachs and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-28 with Philosophy categories.
Explaining Right and Wrong aims to shake the foundations of contemporary ethics by showing that moral philosophers have been deploying a mistaken methodology in their efforts to figure out the truth about what we morally ought to do. Benjamin Sachs argues that moral theorizing makes sense only if it is conceived of as an explanatory project and carried out accordingly. The book goes on to show that the most prominent forms of moral monism—consequentialism, Kantianism, and contractarianism/contractualism—as well as Rossian pluralism, each face devastating explanatory objections. It offers in place of these flawed options a brand-new family of normative ethical theories, non-Rossian pluralism. It then argues that the best kind of non-Rossian pluralism will be spare; in particular, it will deny that an action can be wrong in virtue of constituting a failure to distribute welfare in a particular way or that an action can be wrong in virtue of constituting a failure to rescue. Furthermore, it also aims to show that a great deal of contemporary writing on the distribution of health care resources in cases of scarcity is targeted at questions that either have no answers at all or none that ordinary moral theorizing can uncover.
Multidisciplinary Perspectives On Representational Pluralism In Human Cognition
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Author : Michel Bélanger
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-07-18
Multidisciplinary Perspectives On Representational Pluralism In Human Cognition written by Michel Bélanger and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-18 with Psychology categories.
Bringing together diverse theoretical and empirical contributions from the fields of social and cognitive psychology, philosophy and science education, this volume explores representational pluralism as a phenomenon characteristic of human cognition. Building on these disciplines’ shared interest in understanding human thought, perception and conceptual change, the volume illustrates how representational plurality can be conducive to research and practice in varied fields. Particular care is taken to emphasize points of convergence and the value of sharing discourses, models, justifications and theories of pluralism across disciplines. The editors give ample space for philosophers, cognitive scientists and educators to explicate the history and current status of representational pluralism in their own disciplines. Using multiple forms of research from the relational perspective, this volume will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers with an interest in cognitive psychology, as well as educational psychology and philosophy of science.