Inductive Metaphysics : Insights, Challenges, and Prospects

Inductive Metaphysics (IM) is a comparatively new branch of metaphysics that justifies metaphysical principles by inductive or abductive inferences from empirical evidence, rather than by purely logico-conceptual considerations. This is the first volume to provide a representative picture of current...

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Autores principales: Andreas Hüttemann, Gerhard Schurz
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