The metaphysics of dappledness: Charles S. Peirce and Nancy Cartwright on the philosophy of science.

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dc.contributor.authorTeel, Paul David Wilkinson
dc.contributor.supervisorScott, David
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-12T15:35:20Z
dc.date.available2011-05-12T15:35:20Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-05-12
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Philosophyen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractContemporary philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright (b. 1944) has raised many an eyebrow with her books How the Laws of Physics Lie (1983) and The Dappled World (1999), among others. The primary task of this dissertation is to link her philosophy with that of Charles S. Peirce (1839–1914)—a link that includes Duns Scotus. My focus is especially on the criticism Peirce would have of Cartwright, and on the philosophical support he can offer her. The question is this: Given her stated philosophy of science, to what else must Cartwright be philosophically committed? This includes discussions of metaphysics, scholastic realism, laws of nature, and the very possibility of science. There are many striking similarities between Peirce and Cartwright, but I argue that he sees further and deeper into the metaphysical implications of her views on science.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3289
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectphilosophy of scienceen_US
dc.subjectproblem of universalsen_US
dc.subjectrealismen_US
dc.subjectnominalismen_US
dc.subjectlaws of natureen_US
dc.subjectpeirce's categoriesen_US
dc.subjecttheologyen_US
dc.subjectscotusen_US
dc.subjectcapacitiesen_US
dc.subjectpragmaticismen_US
dc.subjectscholastic realismen_US
dc.subjectvaguenessen_US
dc.subjecthistory of philosophyen_US
dc.subjectaristotleen_US
dc.subjectlogic of relativesen_US
dc.subjectpossibility of scienceen_US
dc.subjectfirstnessen_US
dc.subjectsecondnessen_US
dc.subjectthirdnessen_US
dc.subjectnomological machineen_US
dc.titleThe metaphysics of dappledness: Charles S. Peirce and Nancy Cartwright on the philosophy of science.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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