Preface Part I Chapter 1. Early Work on The Metaphysics of Science. Chapter 2. Subsequent Work on Essentialism and the Mind/Body Problem. Part II Chapter 3. Aim-Oriented Empiricism: Exposition, and Implications for Science and the Philosophy of Science. Chapter 4. Aim-Oriented Empiricism and the Metaphysics of Science: 2007 to 2017. Part III Chapter 5. Broader Implications: Academic Inquiry for a Wiser World. Appendix. Refutation of Kripke on Rigid Designators and Essentialism.
This is a fascinating and important book that explores two fundamental philosophical problems: the mind-brain problem, and the problem of making sense of science. There are implications for the immense task of solving the grave global problems that threaten our future.