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1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Current Controversies in Philosophy Ser |
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Current Controversies in Philosophy Ser
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Are Boltzmann Brains Bad? -- Does Mathematical Explanation Require Mathematical Truth? -- Does Quantum Mechanics Suggest Spacetime Is Nonfundamental? -- Is Evolution Fundamental When It Comes to Defining Biological Ontology? -- Is Chance Ontologically Fundamental? -- Are Sexes Natural Kinds? -- Part I Are Boltzmann Brains Bad? -- 1 Why Boltzmann Brains Are Bad -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Origin of the Problem -- 1.3 What are Boltzmann Brains? |
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1.4 Why Are Boltzmann Brains Bad? -- 1.4.1 The Standard Argument -- 1.4.2 Typicality and Likelihoods -- 1.4.3 Cognitive Instability -- 1.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 What Follows from the Possibility of Boltzmann Brains? -- 2.1 The Boltzmann Brain Problems -- 2.2 Cognitive Instability -- 2.3 Hartle and Srednicki -- 2.4 The Badness of Boltzmann Brains -- Notes -- References -- Study Questions for Part I -- Part II Does Mathematical Explanation Require Mathematical Truth? -- 3 Mathematical Explanation Requires Mathematical Truth |
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3.1 An Explanatory Argument for Mathematical Platonism -- 3.2 Explanation and Truth -- 3.3 Truth and Fiction -- 3.4 Naturalizing the A Priori -- Notes -- References -- 4 Mathematical Explanation Doesn't Require Mathematical Truth -- Note -- References -- Study Questions for Part II -- Part III Does Quantum Mechanics Suggest Spacetime is Nonfundamental? -- 5 Against Wavefunction Realism -- Wavefunction Realism: The Outline Case -- 5.2 The Technical Case against Wavefunction Realism -- 5.3 The Conceptual Case against Wavefunction Realism -- 5.4 Epilogue: Spacetime in Quantum Theory -- Notes |
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7 Is Evolution Fundamental When It Comes to Biological Ontology? No -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Distinction -- 7.3 Elaborating the Distinction -- 7.4 Explanatory Implications -- 7.5 Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality (ETIs) -- 7.6 The Bottom Line -- Notes -- References -- 8 Is Evolution Fundamental When It Comes to Defining Biological Ontology? Yes -- 8.1 Ontology: What Are Concepts For? -- 8.2 Biological Ontology: Individuals -- 8.3 Clarke's Levels-of-Selection Approach to Evolutionary Individuality -- 8.4 Legume-Rhizobial Sets |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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References -- 6 Separability, Locality, and Higher Dimensions in Quantum Mechanics -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Entanglement, Nonseparability, and Nonlocality -- 6.1.1 Nonseparability -- 6.1.2 Nonlocality -- 6.2 Avoiding Nonlocality -- 6.2.1 Fundamental Nonseparability -- 6.2.2 Wave Function Realism -- 6.3 Why Prefer a Metaphysics for Quantum Physics that is Separable and Local? -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Study Questions for Part III -- Part IV Is Evolution Fundamental When It Comes to Defining Biological Ontology? |
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8.5 "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution"? (Dobzhansky, 1973) |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Weslake, Brad
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Dotan, Ravit
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| ISBN |
9781317497141 |
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1317497147 |
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