Metaontology, emergence and theory choice : in defence of Mereological Nihilism

This thesis offers detailed remarks on debates in metametaphysics, the question of ontological emergence and the merits of extra-empirical theory choice criteria, such as ontological and ideological parsimony, in the course of defending Mereological Nihilism (nihilism). Part I is primarily a discuss...

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Main Author: Caves, Richard Laurence John
Other Authors: Barnes, Elizabeth ; Cameron, Ross ; Divers, John
Published: University of Leeds 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.643595