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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Cameron, Ross P.. Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Chains of being [Texte imprimé] : infinite regress, circularity, and metaphysical explanation / Ross P. Cameron
Publication : Oxford ; New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University press, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 volume (viii-254 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliographie pages 237-247. Notes bibliographiques. Index
"In Chains of Being, Ross P. Cameron argues for both Metaphysical Infinitism, the
view that there can be infinitely descending chains of ontological dependence or grounding,
with no bottom level of fundamental things or facts, and Metaphysical Holism, the
view that there can be circles of ontological dependence or grounding. Cameron argues
against the widespread orthodoxy of Metaphysical Foundationalism: that everything
in reality is ultimately accounted for by a base class of fundamental phenomena. In
doing so, he makes the case against another widespread orthodoxy: that relations like
grounding and ontological dependence are explanatory relations. Cameron provides an
alternative account of metaphysical explanation that does not tie explanation to determination
relations like grounding and ontological dependence, and he shows how explanation
works in infinitist and holistic metaphysics. Embracing the possibility of infinite
regress and circularity can be theoretically fruitful, as is shown by applying it
to a number of cases across a wide range of philosophical areas, including: non-well-founded
set theory, mathematical structuralism, the metaphysics of persons, the metaphysics
of gender and sexuality, the semantic paradoxes, and others. In the course of exploring
these applications, Cameron defends distinctive views concerning when an infinite
regress is vicious, the nature of truth, non-classical logic and dialetheism, social
construction, and more"
Sujet(s) : Métaphysique
Régression à l'infini
Philosophie de l'homme
Continu (philosophie)
Indice(s) Dewey : 111.6 (23e éd.) = Fini et infini
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198854272. - ISBN 0198854277 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47405735x
Notice n° :
FRBNF47405735
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Table des matières : Infinite regress ; Set theory, infinite regress, and circularity ; Regress and explanation ; Circles of dependence ; Grounding, circularity, and regress.