Science in metaphysics : exploring the metaphysics of properties and laws /: exploring the metaphysics of properties and laws. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vasileios Livanios.
• Authors: Livanios, Vasileios
• Contents: Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5 Against Dispositional Monism.............................................................................................. 11 1.1 Preliminaries: Two Distinct Issues ....................................................................................11 1.2 The Truthmaking Criterion for the Dispositional/Categorical Distinction ...................12 1.3 Arguing Against Dispositional Monism From the Actual Existence of Fundamental Categorical Features ........................................................................................................................17 1.3.1 Spatiotemporal Relations as fundamental categorical features .............................18 1.3.1.1 Introduction............................................................................................................18 1.3.1.2 Spatiotemporal Relations and Subjunctive Conditionals in pre-GR theories ..21 1.3.1.3 Bird's Argument for the Dispositional Essence of Spatiotemporal Relations ..22 1.3.1.4 An Appraisal of the Argument .............................................................................24 1.3.1.5 A Nomic interpretation of Bird's counterfactual?..............................................31 Against Identity Theory and Neutral Monism.................................................................... 35 2.1 Identity Theory....................................................................................................................35 2.1.1 Problems for Identity Theory....................................................................................35 2.1.1.1 The objection from the independent variability of dispositionality with respect to categoricality and vice versa. ..............................................................................................35 2.1.1.2 The one categoricality-multiple dispositionalities problem................................37 2.1.1.3 How can we understand (and justify) the 'surprising' triple identity?.............38 2.1.2 A Unique Categoricality? ..........................................................................................43 2.2 Neutral Monism ..................................................................................................................45 2.2.1 Neutral Monism and the Modified Ungrounded Argument...................................45 2.2.2 Agnosticism.................................................................................................................51 In Defence of Categorical Monism....................................................................................... 53 3.1 In defence of the categoricality of fundamental properties: the argument from renormalisation ................................................................................................................................53 3.2 Objections ............................................................................................................................58 Categorical Monism and Quidditism................................................................................... 63 4.1 Introduction.........................................................................................................................63 4.2 Versions of RNDV...............................................................................................................65 2 4.3 Defending RNDV ................................................................................................................72 4.3.1 The Permutation Difficulty........................................................................................72 4.3.2 Step 1: Rejecting the Transworld Existence of Fundamental Natural Properties74 4.3.3 Step 2: Adopting the Counterpart Framework .......................................................77 4.3.4 Two Versions of Property-Counterpart Theory Consistent with RNDV..............82 4.3.4.1 PCT1 (First Version of an RNDV-Friendly Property-Counterpart Theory) ...82 4.3.4.2 PCT2 (Second Version of an RNDV-Friendly Property-Counterpart Theory). 84 4.4 RNDV as the unique way of the de re modal representation of fundamental properties ………………………………………………………………………………………………88 Further Objections to Categorical Monism........................................................................ 90 5.1 The Argument from the truthmakers of unmanifested dispositions. .............................90 5.2 The Argument from science: scientific practice. ..............................................................97 5.3 The Argument from science: the scientific characterisation of fundamental properties. ……………………………………………………………………………………………..101 5.4 In no categorical terms? ...................................................................................................103 The Contingent Character of Categoricality and Dispositionality ................................. 109 6.1 The Metaphysical Contingency of Categorical Monism................................................109 6.2 Challenging Orthodoxy ....................................................................................................114 6.3 Objections ..........................................................................................................................116 6.4 The modified criterion of dispositionality/categoricality...............................................121 Do Nomic Relations Exist? ................................................................................................. 127 7.1 On the ontological status of nomic relations...................................................................128 7.2 Against DEAL: the case of symmetries and conservation laws ....................................135 7.3 Against DEAL: the 'constant' threat ..............................................................................139 7.3.1 Introduction. .............................................................................................................139 7.3.2 Objections to the rescue?.........................................................................................141 7.3.2.1 Objection to Premise (1)......................................................................................141 7.3.2.2 Objection to Premise (2)......................................................................................145 7.3.2.3 Objection to Premise (3)......................................................................................152 Metaphysical Features of Nomic Relations and Laws ..................................................... 162 8.1 The Modal Status of Laws of Nature...............................................................................162 3 8.1.1 Categorical Monistic Approaches ...........................................................................162 8.1.2 Dispositional Monistic Approaches.........................................................................165 8.1.3 An Argument for the Metaphysical Contingency of Laws ...................................167 8.2 Hybrid Nomic Relations ...................................................................................................171 8.3 The role of hybrid nomic relations in a M-world...........................................................177 Concluding remarks............................................................................................................ 182 References ............................................................................................................................ 185 Index ..................................................................................................................................... 193.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (251 pages)
• Subjects: 501; Philosophy; Science -- Philosophy; Metaphysics; Philosophy -- Reference; Philosophy; Philosophy -- Metaphysics; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319412917
• Related ISBNs: 9783319412900
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