Unorthodox Humeanism / / Georg Sparber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Sparber, Georg,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Logos : Studien zur Logik, Sprachphilosophie und Metaphysik , 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; Acknowledgements --; The nature of fundamental properties --; Chapter 1: Orthodox Humeanism on laws of nature and causation --; Chapter 2: Orthodox dispositionalism on laws of nature and causation --; Chapter 3: Humeanism vs. dispositionalism --; Chapter 4: Unorthodox Humeanism --; Humean metaphysics of causation as informed of contemporary science --; Bibliography --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110323986; 9783110238570; 9783110238488; 9783110636949; 9783110331226; 9783110331219
• ISSN: 2198-2201
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110323986
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Georg Sparber.

The book discusses contemporary metaphysics of science and deals with the central question which ontology fits best with our knowledge of the world. Two competing positions in today's metaphysics of science are analysed: Humeanism and dispositionalism. There are physical and metaphysical arguments to show that orthodox Humeanism is in trouble. The unorthodox metaphysical turn consists in taking the fundamental properties to be relations rather than intrinsic properties. The book spells out in detail what an unorthodox version of Humeanism amounts to and shows that in turning unorthodox Humeanism offers a competitive metaphysical framework for science without commitment to irreducible causation.