{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-nature-brian-ellis-9780773524743","title":"The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this general summation of the theory Brian Ellis, at the forefront of developing the new essentialism, introduces students and generalists to an emerging metaphysical perspective that provides a comprehensive new philosophy of nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor many years essentialism was considered beyond the pale in philosophy, a relic of discredited Aristotelianism. This is no longer so. Kripke and Putnam have made belief in essential natures respectable once more. Harré and Madden have argued against Hume's theory of causation and developed an alternative theory based on the assumption that there are genuine causal powers in nature. Dretske, Tooley, Armstrong, Swoyer, and Carroll have all developed strong alternatives to Hume's theory of the laws of nature. And Shoemaker has developed a thoroughly non-Humean theory of properties. The \"new essentialism\" has evolved from these beginnings and can now reasonably claim to be a metaphysic for a modern scientific understanding of the world - one that challenges the conception of the world as comprising passive entities whose interactions are to be explained by appeal to contingent laws of nature externally imposed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0773524746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780773524743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.42w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 4 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"Brian Ellis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483664691455,"sku":"9780773524743","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65c7bcc7-8aa2-49d0-9c2c-814ed1bb656b.jpg?v=1778039865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-nature-brian-ellis-9780773524743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}