The Mechanical World The Metaphysical Commitments of the New Mechanistic Approach /

This monograph examines the metaphysical commitments of the new mechanistic philosophy, a way of thinking that has returned to center stage. It challenges a variant of reductionism with regard to higher-level phenomena, which has crystallized as a default position among these so-called New Mechanist...

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Main Author: Krickel, Beate (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Studies in Brain and Mind, 13
Subjects:
Epistemology.
Systems biology.
Neurosciences.
Metaphysics.
Personality.
Social psychology.
ISBN:9783030036294
ISSN:1573-4536 ;
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. What is a mechanism?
  • Chapter 3. What are the components of mechanisms?
  • Chapter 4. Phenomena in the Life Sciences
  • Chapter 5. Relations between mechanisms and phenomena
  • Chapter 6. Summary and conclusions.

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