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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎0191076252 

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780191076251

Author : Elly Vintiadis, Constantinos Mekios 

Brute facts are facts that don’t have explanations. Such facts appear in our explanations, inform many people’s views about the structure of the world, and are part of philosophical interpretations in metaphysics and the philosophy of science. Yet, despite the considerable literature on explanation, the question of bruteness has been left largely unexamined. The chapters in Brute Facts address this gap in academic thought by exploring the central considerations which surround this topic. How can we draw a distinction 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 facts? 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, Brute Facts engages with major debates in contemporary philosophy concerning modality, naturalism, consciousness, reduction and explanation.

Brute Facts 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction
1. Brute Facts
2. Brute Facts and Explanation
3. Brute Facts and Understanding
4. Can We Know that a Fact is Brute?
5. Emergent Brute Facts
6. The Papers
2. Must There be Brute Facts?
1. Setting the Table
2. Facing Facts
3. From Laws to Powers
4. Contingency
5. Beyond Humeanism
3. How to Make the Case for Brute Facts
1. What Is an Ontologically Brute Fact?
2. The Problem
3. Problem Case 1: Bruteness and Fundamentality
4. Problem Case 2: Unavailable Scientific Explanation
5. Problem Case 3: Unavailable Philosophical Explanation
6. Positive Lessons: Making the Case for Brute Facts
4. Bruteness and Supervenience: Mind vs. Morality

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