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The Panenmentalist Philosophy of Science|Amihud Gilead

The Panenmentalist Philosophy of Science : From the Recognition of Individual Pure Possibilities to Actual Discoveries

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This book presents a philosophy of science, based on panenmentalism: an original modal metaphysics, which is realist about individual pure (non-actual) possibilities and rejects the notion of possible worlds. The book systematically constructs a new and novel way of understanding and explaining scientific progress, discoveries, and creativity. It demonstrates that a metaphysics of individual pure possibilities is indispensable for explaining and understanding mathematics and natural sciences. It examines the nature of individual pure possibilities, actualities, mind-dependent and mind-independent possibilities, as well as mathematical entities. It discusses in detail the singularity of each human being as a psychical possibility. It analyses striking scientific discoveries, and illustrates by means of examples of the usefulness and vitality of individual pure possibilities in the sciences.

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  • ISBN-13: 9783030411237
  • ISBN-10: 3030411230
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publish Date: March 2020
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Page Count: 315

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