LAWS AND METAPHYSICS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE 9
4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF BAS C. VAN FRAASSEN’S PUBLICATIONS 11
5. 1. LECTURE
6. WEYL’S PARADOX: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND PERSPECTIVE 13
7. 2. COLLOQUIUM
8. OBSERVABILITY AND THE EPISTEMIC COMMUNITY 35
9. TO BE PRUSSIAN OR NOT TO BE PRUSSIAN 45
10. THE HARDSHIPS OF AN EMPIRICIST 57
11. EXPERIENCE BECOMING FULLY LITERATE 69
12. INDEXICAL TRUTH AND ANTIMETAPHYSICAL INCLINATIONS 81
13. THERE’S LIFE IN THE OLD DOG YET! 93
14. LAWS AND METAPHYSICS 103
15. EMPIRICISM WITHOUT METAPHYSICS? 113
16. REPLIES TO THE PAPERS 125
17. REFERENCES 171