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The Outline of A Darwinian Metaphysics

ISBN: 3319310763
ISBN 13: 9783319310763
Autor: Faye, Jan
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xv, 350 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.10.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB

This book presents a persuasive argument in favour of evolutionary naturalism and outlines what such a stance means for our capacity of observation and understanding reality. The author discusses how our capacity of knowledge is adapted to handle sensory information about the environment in the light of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. The implication of this is that much of our thinking in science and philosophy that goes beyond our immediate experience rests on abstractions and hypostatization. This book rejects the possibility of having any knowledge of reality as it is in itself, while not denying that our capacity of conceptual abstractions is of great benefit for our survival.

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Jan Faye teaches epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has published extensively within these areas in Danish as well as English. Some of his latest books include After Postmodernism (2012) and The Nature of Scientific Thinking (2014).

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