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Writing the Book of the World
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In order to perfectly describe the world, it is not enough to speak truly. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, Theodore Sider argues that for a representation to be fully successful, truth is not enough; the representation must also use the r... Read more
In order to perfectly describe the world, it is not enough to speak truly. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, Theodore Sider argues that for a representation to be fully successful, truth is not enough; the representation must also use the right concepts - concepts that ''carve at thejoints'' - so that its conceptual structure matches reality''s structure. There is an objectively correct way to "write the book of the world".Sider''s argument begins from the assertion that metaphysics is about the fundamental structure of reality. Not about what''s necessarily true; not about what properties are essential; not about conceptual analysis; and not about what there is.While inquiry into necessity, essence, concepts, or ontology might help to illuminate reality''s structure, the ultimate goal is insight into this structure. Sider argues that part of the theory of structure is an account of how structure connects to other concepts. For example, structure can be usedto illuminate laws of nature, explanation, reference, induction, physical geometry, substantivity, conventionality, objectivity, and metametaphysics. Another part is an account of how structure behaves. Since structure is a way of thinking about fundamentality, Sider''s account implies distinctiveanswers to questions about the nature of fundamentality. These answers distinguish his theory of structure from other recent theories of fundamentality, including Kit Fine''s theory of ground and reality, the theory of truthmaking, and Jonathan Schaffer''s theory of ontological dependence. Less
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  • 9.21 X 6.14 X 0 in
  • 334
  • Oxford University Press
  • December 12, 2013
  • English
  • 9780191017971
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Theodore Sider is Frederick J. Whiton Chair of Philosophy at Cornell University. He completed his PhD at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has previously held positions at New York Univers...
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