TY - BOOK ID - 714972 TI - Metaphysics and scientific realism : essays in honour of David Malet Armstrong AU - Armstrong, David Malet AU - Calemi, Francesco F. PY - 2016 SN - 9783110454611 9783110455915 9783110455007 3110455919 3110455005 9783110455922 3110455927 9783110578263 3110578263 3110454610 PB - Berlin De Gruyter DB - UniCat KW - Metaphysics KW - Philosophy of science KW - Metaphysics. KW - Realism. KW - Science KW - Normal science KW - Empiricism KW - Philosophy KW - Universals (Philosophy) KW - Conceptualism KW - Dualism KW - Idealism KW - Materialism KW - Nominalism KW - Positivism KW - Rationalism KW - God KW - Ontology KW - Philosophy of mind KW - Philosophy. KW - Armstrong, D. M. KW - Armstrong, David Malet KW - Armstrong, David M. KW - Laws of Nature, Scientific Realism, Naturalism, Theory of Mind, Truthmaker. KW - Realism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:714972 AB - David Malet Armstrong (8 July 1926–13 May 2014) has been one of the most influential contemporary metaphysicians working in the analytic tradition and surely the greatest 20th century Australian philosopher. His main merit is to have reestablished metaphysics as a respectable branch of philosophy placing it at the centre of the philosophical debate, and giving it the status of an authoritative and competent interlocutor of both rational and empirical sciences. By means of a rigorously argumentative approach and a sharp prose, Armstrong has built a whole metaphysical system, that is, a comprehensive and unified picture of the fundamental structure of the world. The various chapters of the book address the key issues concerning Armstrong' view about the problem of universals, the nature of states of affairs, the ontological ground of possibility, nomic necessity, and dispositions, the truth maker theory, and the theory of mind. This volume aims to celebrate Armstrong’s memory bringing new understanding, and hopefully stimulating more work, on his philosophy, with the conviction that it constitutes an invaluable heritage for contemporary research in metaphysics. ER -