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Examines six hypotheses - animism, mysticism, formism, mechanism, contextualism, and organicism - and surveys the field of metaphysics. This book is suitable for use as a text in courses in metaphysics, types of philosophical theory, or present tendencies in philosophy.

Table of Contents
PART ONE: THE ROOT-METAPHOR THEORY I. The Utter Skeptic II. Dogmatists III. Evidence and Corroboration IV. Hypotheses V. Root Metaphors VI. Examples of Inadequacies in World Hypotheses PART TWO: THE RELATIVELY ADEQUATE HYPOTHESES VII. A General View of the Hypotheses VIII. Formism IX. Mechanism X. Contextualism XI. Organicism PART THREE: SUMMARY, CRITICISMS, AND ANSWERS XII. Review and Conclusions

World Hypotheses

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 1 August 1972
      ISBN-13 9780520009943
      978-0520009943
      ISBN-10 0520009940

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines six hypotheses - animism, mysticism, formism, mechanism, contextualism, and organicism - and surveys the field of metaphysics. This book is suitable for use as a text in courses in metaphysics, types of philosophical theory, or present tendencies in philosophy.

      Table of Contents
      PART ONE: THE ROOT-METAPHOR THEORY I. The Utter Skeptic II. Dogmatists III. Evidence and Corroboration IV. Hypotheses V. Root Metaphors VI. Examples of Inadequacies in World Hypotheses PART TWO: THE RELATIVELY ADEQUATE HYPOTHESES VII. A General View of the Hypotheses VIII. Formism IX. Mechanism X. Contextualism XI. Organicism PART THREE: SUMMARY, CRITICISMS, AND ANSWERS XII. Review and Conclusions

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