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    Everyday Metaphysical Explanation by Miller, Kristie; Norton, James;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 10 March 2022

    • ISBN 9780198857303
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages326 pages
    • Size 241x160x22 mm
    • Weight 634 g
    • Language English
    • 244

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    Short description:

    Kristie Miller and James Norton present a new account of metaphysical explanation, not as a philosophical technicality but as a feature of everyday life. This is the notion that we all use in ordinary contexts when we give explanations of a certain sort: Miller and Norton build their account on investigation of these explanatory practices.

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    Long description:

    The philosophical notion of metaphysical explanation has been subject to an increased level of attention in the previous decade. Despite tantalising claims about how metaphysical explanations are part of everyday life, the everyday notion has not been explored. In Everyday Metaphysical Explanation, Kristie Miller and James Norton take up the task of developing an account of the everyday notion of metaphysical explanation: the notion that we all use in ordinary contexts when we ask for, and receive, explanations of a certain sort. Building on the striking results of their empirical investigation of folk judgements regarding what metaphysically explains what, together with evidence of our ordinary practices surrounding the notion, they build three unique accounts of the phenomenon.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Metaphysical Explanation
    Desiderata for an Account of Everyday Metaphysical Explanation
    Empirical Evidence about Judgements about Causal and Metaphysical Explanation
    Grounding-based Accounts of Everyday Metaphysical Explanation
    Three Accounts of R-facts
    Psychological Role P
    Tracking R-facts
    Tracking Subjective Understanding
    Evaluating the Three Accounts Part I
    Evaluating the Three Accounts Part II
    References

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