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Metaphysics from a Biological Point of View

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  1. Stephen Boulter

    1. Oxford Brookes University, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Stephen Boulter
      Pages 1-3

  3. On the Possibility of Metaphysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. A Return to Scholastic Metaphysics

      • Stephen Boulter
      Pages 7-42

    3. The Aporetic Method and the Defence of Immodest Metaphysics

      • Stephen Boulter
      Pages 43-65

    4. Evolutionary Biology Meets Scholastic Metaphysics

      • Stephen Boulter
      Pages 66-79

  4. The Turn to Biology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Counting Biological Individuals

      • Stephen Boulter
      Pages 83-97

    3. Evolutionary Biology, Change and Essentialism

      • Stephen Boulter
      Pages 98-115

    4. Evolutionary Biology, Modality and Explanation

      • Stephen Boulter
      Pages 116-132

    5. Evolutionary Biology and Ethics

      • Stephen Boulter
      Pages 133-146

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 147-179
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About this book

Many philosophers in the analytic tradition are now convinced that metaphysical questions are worth pursuing, but we still lack a convincing meta-metaphysics and methodology. This essay offers an account of how we should conduct our business qua metaphysicians.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Oxford Brookes University, UK

    Stephen Boulter

About the author

Stephen Boulter is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is the author of The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Metaphysics from a Biological Point of View

  • Authors: Stephen Boulter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137322821

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32281-4Published: 16 October 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45861-5Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32282-1Published: 16 October 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 179

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Epistemology

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