Author: Peacocke, Christopher
Title: Holistic Explanation : Action, Space, Interpretation
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1979. orig.boards. 22x14cm, vii,219 pp. Minor rubbing. Slight side page-edge dent. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Parallels: Irreducibilities; A Priori Principles; Approach to a Definition; The Basis of the Holism; Relationalism; Deviant Causal Chains: Some Inadequate Suggestions; Differential Explanation; Comparisons with Rival Theories; Refinements; Integration; Physicalism: Realization & Physicalist Theses; Kripke's Objections; An Argument for Token Identity; Constraints on Explanation; Further Defense; Indexicality & Points of View;Interpretation: Applying a Scheme; Radical Interpretation; A Fuller Argument; Integrated Quasi-reductions.

Keywords: Philosophy of Mind, Holistic, Explanation, Holism, Action, Space and Time, , ,