Holistic explanation : action, space, interpretation / by Christopher Peacocke
1979, First Edition. Oxford New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Library copy. Item #432824
ISBN: 0198246056
Physical description; vi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; I. The parallels : 1. Irreducibilities -- 2. A priori principles -- 3. Approach to a definition -- 4. The basis of the holism -- 5. Relationalism -- II. Deviant causal chains : 1. Some inadequate suggestions -- 2. Differential explanation -- 3. Comparisons with rival theories -- 4. Refinements -- 5. Integration -- III. Physicalism : 1. Realization and physicalist theses -- 2. Kripke's objections -- 3. An argument for token identity -- 4. Constraints on explanation -- 5. Further defence -- 6. Indexicality and points of view -- IV. Interpretation : 1. Applying a scheme -- 2. Radical interpretation -- 3. A fuller argument -- 4. Integrated quasi-reductions. Subjects; Hermeneutics. Holism. Act (Philosophy). Space and time. Causation.
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