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Metaphysics and Explanation by W Capitan

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Summary

This volume offers an unusual variety of topics presented during the fifth annual Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy. two definitions of \u201cnonsense\u201d that are closely related and correlate to science's concern with truth and philosophy's concern with concepts;

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Metaphysics and Explanation by W Capitan

This volume offers an unusual variety of topics presented during the fifth annual Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy. Essays topics include: a dispute of the standard deductivist account of scientific testability; two definitions of "nonsense" that are closely related and correlate to science's concern with truth and philosophy's concern with concepts; contesting the causes of voluntary actions purported in Hart and Honoré's Causation and the Law; distinguishing two kinds of metaphysical tasks---taxonomic and evaluative; and discussions of "what a thing is" in terms of its qualities and particulars and the distinction between numerical and conceptual differences, universals and individuation.

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W. H. Capitan was associate professor of philosophy at Oberlin College.

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ISBN 13 9780822985839
ISBN 10 0822985837
Title Metaphysics and Explanation
Author W Capitan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press
Year published 1966-03-15
Number of pages 112
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