Naturalism, Functionalism and the Metaphysics of Science
Foundations of Physics @Harvard via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Outline
Metaphysics
Ontological methodological naturalism
Methodological naturalists
Naturalism vs metaphysics
Why are we doing this
What will we regret doing
Epistemic demands
The direction of time
Premier direction
Tim Maudlin
Matthias Mller
Temporal asymmetries
epistemic and appearance demands
approaches to explaining concepts
explanatory demands
antimetaphysics
function of concepts
causation
Modal relations
Modal discoveries
Issues of the form
Breaking the Unity of Science
Conclusion
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Foundations of Physics @Harvard