Nature: Its Conceptual Architecture

by Louis Caruana

Overview

This book breaks new ground by exploring how naturalism depends on an underlying account of nature. It examines in detail how conceptual, historical, and scientific constraints affect the concept of nature in various domains of philosophy, and how, in the opposite sense, these constraints are themselves affected by the concept of nature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034315777
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	12/16/2014
Series:	Berner Reihe philosophischer Studien , #49
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Louis Caruana, S.J., obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge, and is now Dean of Philosophy at the Gregorian University, Rome, and Research Associate of Heythrop College, University of London, where he used to be Reader. His published books and research papers deal with points of interaction between philosophy of science, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion.

Table of Contents

Contents: Nature: a short history – Explaining Nature – Causes – The Limits of Causation – Nature and ordinary language – Nature and Meaning – Levels in Nature – Nature, Evolution and Mind – Nature, Value, and Morality – Nature and Concepts.