LIBROS DEL AUTOR: michael esfeld

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  • Science and Human Freedom
    Michael Esfeld
    This book argues for two claims: firstly, determinism in science does not infringe upon human free will because it is descriptive, not prescriptive, and secondly, the very formulation, testing and justification of scientific theories presupposes human free will and thereby persons as ontologically primitive. The argument against predetermination is broadly Humean, or more preci...
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    109,73 €

  • A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World
    Dirk-Andre Deckert / Michael Esfeld
    This book proposes an ontology of the natural world that is defined only by two axioms: (1) there are distance relations that individuate simple objects, namely matter points, and (2) the matter points are permanent, with the distances between them changing. ...
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    83,00 €

  • Conservative Reductionism
    Christian Sachse / Michael Esfeld
    All properties that exist in the world are functional properties in the sense of causal properties. The authors base a conservative ontological reductionism on this claim and develop functional reduction into a fully-fledged theory reduction through functional sub-types that are coextensive with physical types, providing case studies from biology. ...
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    95,06 €