{"product_id":"from-biological-practice-to-scientific-metaphysics-volume-23-paperback","title":"From Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics: Volume 23 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam C. Bausman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJanella K. Baxter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eOliver M. Lean\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow analyzing scientific practices can alter debates on the relationship between science and reality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Numerous scholarly works focus solely on scientific metaphysics or biological practice, but few attempt to bridge the two subjects. This volume, the latest in the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science series, explores what a scientific metaphysics grounded in biological practices could look like and how it might impact the way we investigate the world around us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e examines how to reconcile the methods of biological practice with the methods of metaphysical cosmology, notably regarding the origins of life. The contributors take up a wide range of traditional metaphysics and philosophy of science topics, including natural kinds, medicine, ecology, genetics, scientific pluralism, reductionism, operationalism, mechanisms, the nature of information, and more. Many of the chapters represent the first philosophical treatments of significant biological practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From causality and complexity to niche constructions and inference, the contributors review and discuss long-held objections to metaphysics by natural scientists. They illuminate how, in order to learn about the world as it truly is, we must look not only at what scientists say but also what they do: for ontology cannot be read directly from scientific claims. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contributors: Richard Creath, Arizona State U; Marc Ereshefsky, U of Calgary; Marie I. Kaiser, Bielefeld U; Thomas A. C. Reydon, Leibniz U Hannover and Michigan State U; Lauren N. Ross, U of California, Irvine; Rose Trappes, U of Exeter; Marcel Weber, U of Geneva; William C. Wimsatt, U of Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e William C. Bausman is postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Zurich. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Janella K. Baxter is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Sam Houston State University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Oliver M. Lean is a data scientist at AltaML in Calgary, Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578214727901,"sku":"9781517916718","price":77.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/5hdOn8nnaq9781517916718.webp?v=1773497959","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/from-biological-practice-to-scientific-metaphysics-volume-23-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}