The Metaphysics of Scientific Realism

by B D Ellis and Brian Ellis

Ellis shows that realistic theories of quantum mechanics, time, causality and human freedom - all problematic areas for the acceptance of scientific realism - can be developed satisfactorily. In particular, he shows how moral theory can be recast to fit within this comprehensive metaphysical framework by developing a radical moral theory that conceives morals to be social ideals and has implications for key ethical concepts such as moral responsibility,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077353699X
• ISBN13: 9780773536999
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"