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- Introduces a new systematic approach to causal pluralism
- Argues against traditional accounts of causal pluralism
- Demonstrates why causal pluralism might be largely irrelevant in the philosophy of biology
Part of the book series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (HPTL, volume 25)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book takes a new approach to the debate on causal pluralism in the philosophy of biology by asking how useful pluralism is instead of debating its truth. The core thesis in this work is that many problems do not hinge on the question of whether or not we subscribe to causal pluralism. As one step in this central argument, the author develops an account that reasonably distinguishes pluralism from monism; in another step he studies cases that allegedly motivate causal pluralism in biology. Examining these cases shows how pluralism is often irrelevant and why pursuing pluralism is sometimes dangerous, since it may generate pseudo solutions to persistent philosophical problems. This book offers a systematic approach to this subject matter and argues that we might have overestimated the significance of the monism-pluralism distinction and at the same time failed to see the risks of pursuing causal pluralism.
Authors and Affiliations
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Köln, Germany
Kolja Ehrenstein
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Causal Pluralism in the Life Sciences
Book Subtitle: A Journey Along the Frontiers of Conceptual Plurality
Authors: Kolja Ehrenstein
Series Title: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87942-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87941-9Published: 29 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87944-0Published: 30 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87942-6Published: 28 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2211-1948
Series E-ISSN: 2211-1956
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 215
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations