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Tables of Contents for Invariances
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: On Philosophical Method
1
14
I. THE STRUCTURE OF THE OBJECTIVE WORLD
Truth and Relativism
15
60
Is Truth Relative?
15
6
Who Wants Relativism?
21
5
Truth in Space and Time
26
18
The Truth Property
44
4
Is a Theory of Truth Possible?
48
7
Is Truth Socially Relative?
55
9
Does Relativism Undercut Itself?
64
3
The Correspondence Theory
67
8
Invariance and Objectivity
75
45
Objective Facts
75
4
Admissible Transformations
79
4
Two Types of Philosophical Account
83
4
The Ordering of Objectiveness
87
3
Intersubjectivity
90
4
Objective Beliefs and Biasing Factors
94
5
Dimensions of Truth
99
3
The Objectivity of Science
102
4
The Functional View
106
5
Underdetermination of Theory
111
3
Rationality, Progress, Objectivity, and Veridicality
114
6
Necessity and Contingency
120
51
Epistemology of Necessity
120
6
Cross-Classifications
126
2
On the Supposed Necessity of Water's Being H2O
128
5
The Withering of Metaphysical Necessity
133
3
Explaining Away Necessities
136
5
Logical and Mathematical Necessity
141
7
Degrees of Contingency
148
7
The Nature of Actuality
155
6
The Ultimate Theory of the World
161
10
II. THE HUMAN WORLD AS PART OF THE OBJECTIVE WORLD
The Realm of Consciousness
171
65
The Function of Consciousness
171
3
Gradations of Awareness
174
2
The Context of Consciousness
176
4
The Zoom-Lens Theory
180
10
Synthesizing and Filtering Data
190
7
Common Knowledge
197
8
The Functions of Phenomenology
205
13
Mind-Body Relations
218
18
The Genealogy of Ethics
236
67
The Theory of Ethics
236
2
The Ubiquity of Ethics
238
2
Coordination to Mutual Benefit
240
3
Coordination via Ethical Norms
243
10
The Evaluation of Systems of Coordination
253
6
The Core Principle of Ethics
259
8
Normative Force and the Normativity Module
267
7
Evaluative Capacities
274
4
Higher Layers of Ethics
278
6
Ethical Truth and Ethical Objectivity
284
10
The Unpredictability of Human Behavior
294
4
Ethics and Conscious Self-Awareness
298
5
Notes
303
100
Index
403