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Experience and Beyond: The Outline of a Darwinian Metaphysics

By Jan Faye

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-319-31076-3, 978-3-319-31077-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-31077-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5836329 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
XV, 350\360
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
Epistemology;Philosophy of Nature;Philosophy of Bi

Description

This book presents a persuasive argument in favour of evolutionary naturalism and outlines what such a stance means for our capacity of observation and understanding reality. The author discusses how our capacity of knowledge is adapted to handle sensory information about the environment in the light of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. The implication of this is that much of our thinking in science and philosophy that goes beyond our immediate experience rests on abstractions and hypostatization. This book rejects the possibility of having any knowledge of reality as it is in itself, while not denying that our capacity of conceptual abstractions is of great benefit for our survival.

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