{"product_id":"brute-facts-9780198758600","title":"Brute Facts","description":"Brute facts are facts that don't have explanations. They are instrumental in our attempts to provide adequate justifications for other facts or phenomena. Brute facts inform many people's views about the structure of the world, and are part of philosophical interpretations in metaphysics and\u003cbr\u003ethe philosophy of science. Yet, despite the considerable literature on explanation, the question of bruteness has been left largely unexamined. The chapters in \u003cem\u003eBrute Facts \u003c\/em\u003eaddress this gap in academic thought by exploring the central considerations which surround this topic. How can we draw a\u003cbr\u003edistinction between facts that can reasonably be thought of as brute and facts for which further explanation is possible? Can we explain something and gain understanding by appealing to brute facts? Is naturalism inconsistent with the existence of (non-physical) brute facts? Can modal facts be brute\u003cbr\u003efacts? Are emergent facts brute? This volume brings together contributions by authors who offer different answers to these questions. In presenting a range of different viewpoints on these matters, \u003cem\u003eBrute Facts\u003c\/em\u003e engages with major debates in contemporary philosophy concerning modality, naturalism, \u003cbr\u003econsciousness, reduction and explanation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elly Vintiadis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198758600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElly Vintiadis\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches philosophy at the American College of Greece. Her current research interests are in the philosophy of mind, the metaphysics of mind and philosophy of psychiatry - mainly explanation, emergentism and the philosophical implications of mental disorders. In the past Vintiadis has\u003cbr\u003etaught at the Hellenic Naval Staff and Command College and at the City College of New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstantinos Mekios\u003c\/strong\u003e studied genetics at Columbia University prior to joining the philosophy department at Boston University, where he specialized in the philosophy of biology. Mekios is currently associate professor of philosophy at Stonehill College, where he has been teaching since 2006. His\u003cbr\u003ephilosophical research remains informed primarily by biological problems and his present work centers on questions concerning explanation and methodology in Systems Biology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40058165264499,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_638f307d-8001-4af0-91ec-ecc5f72e3679.jpg?v=1651586121","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/brute-facts-9780198758600","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}