| Preface Introduction Part One Concepts 1 Concepts of Scientific Essentialism 1.1 Real Properties and Relations 1.2 Natural Kinds and Essences 1.3 Species, Instances, and Tropes 1.4 Intrinsic Properties and Structures 1.5 Intrinsic Properties and Real Essences 1.6 Two Brands of Necessity 1.7 Necessity and A Priori Knowledge 1.8 Natural Necessity 1.9 The Humean Metaphysic 1.10 Empiricist and Essentialist Perspectives on Reality 1.11 Causal Powers and Causal Processes 1.12 Causal Powe'rs and Causal Laws Notes Part Two Ontology 2 Natural Kinds 2.1 The Aims of Ontology 2.2 Ontological Dependence 2.3 The Natural Kinds Structure of the World 2.4 Accidental, Incidental, and Essential Properties 2.5 Spectral Kinds 2.6 The Theory of Ontological Reduction 2.7 Real Properties and Property Identity 2.8 Properties and Predicates 2.9 So What Are Natural Kinds? 2.10 The Logic of Natural Kinds Notes 3 Powers and Dispositions 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The DeadWorld of Mechanism 3.3 Forces as External to Objects 3.4 The Dubious Status of Dispositions 3.5 Categorical Realism 3.6 Dispositions and Categorical Realism 3.7 MeUor's Dispositional Foundationalism 3.8 An Analysis of Dispositions 3.9 Dispositional Essentialism 3.10 Dispositional Properties and Causal Laws 3.11 Meinongianism 3.12 Categorical Properties and Relations Notes Part Three Scientific Explanation 4 Realism and Essentialism in Science 4.1 Essentialist Realism 4.2 Scientific Realism 4.3 Critique of the Standard Argument for Realism 4.4 Realism and the Humean Supervenience Thesis 4.5 Causal Process Realism 4.6 Essentialism in Chemistry 4.7 Essentialism in Physics 4.8 Essentialism in Biology 4.9 Essentialism in Psychology 4.10 Constructing Essentialist Explanations Notes 5 Essentialism in the Social Sciences 5.1 Scientific Essentialism and Social Theory 5.2 Historical Explanations 5.3 The Structure of Realist Explanations in Science 5.4 Economic Essentialism 5.5 Economic Models 5.6 Neo-Classical A Priorism 5.7 Theoretical Ideals and Explanatory Frameworks 5.8 Theoretical Models in Physics and Economics …… Part Four Laws of Nature part Five The New Essentialism Bibliography Index |
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