Physical Basis of Predication

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 'Real constituents of the world'; 2. What can logic and language tell us about reality?; 3. The 'existence' of universals and the notion of possibility; 4. The causal significance of basic attributes; 5. Hierarchies of universals; 6. Causal relations; 7. Arbitrary particulars and unified particulars; 8. Further considerations concerning the causal relation; 9. Arbitrary particulars and physical objects; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This book is about the basic metaphysical concepts which apply to the world dealt with by natural science and how they have a basis in simple scientific properties and causal relations.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Newman, Newman Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.10.1992
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780521411318
• ISBN: 978-0-521-41131-8
• Pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge