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1 online resource |
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Introduction -- Must there be brute facts? -- How to make the case for brute facts -- Bruteness and supervenience -- Brute necessity and the mind-body problem -- Are modal facts brute facts? -- Truthmaking and the mysteries of emergence -- Are there brute facts about consciousness? -- The provenance of consciousness -- Brute facts about emergence -- There is nothing (really) wrong with emergent brute facts -- Emergence : inexplicable but explanatory -- Naturalism, emergence, and brute facts -- Emergence, downward causation, and no brute facts in biological systems |
| Summary |
Brute facts are facts that don't have explanations. They are instrumental in our attempts to give accounts of other facts or phenomena, and so they play a key role in many philosophers' views about the structure of the world. This volume explores neglected questions about the nature of brute facts and their explanatory role |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Metaphysics.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Metaphysics
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metaphysics.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics.
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Metaphysics
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Science -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vintiadis, Elly, editor.
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Mekios, Constantinos, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191818523 |
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0191818526 |
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9780191076244 |
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0191076244 |
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