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Existence and Nature - New Perspectives

English · Hardback

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Is all that exists part of the natural world? If there are non-natural entities, what is their difference from natural things? Is the human-independent realm of nature the only paradigm for ontological respectability, as naturalism claims? Can existence be simply explained away by means of formal devices? Philosophers keep struggling with such questions. Still, the two basic notions involved, that of existence and that of nature, have not yet been fully explored. The four essays collected here address the issue from the points of view of the philosophy of mathematics, of analytic ontology, of early modern philosophy, and of contemporary phenomenology. The results will surprise the reader: difficult topics are unlocked, long-received views are called into question, and new perspectives are opened.

About the author

Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero is post-doctoral fellow at the Ca Foscari University of Venice. He is primarily interested in early modern metaphysics and theory of knowledge.

Matteo Plebani is post-doctoral fellow at the Ca Foscari University of Venice. He works on nominalist and fictionalist strategies in the philosophy of mathematics and on fictionalism in ontology.

Product details

Assisted by Camposampiero Favaretti (Editor), Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero (Editor), Camposampier Matteo Favaretti (Editor), Camposampiero Matteo Favaretti (Editor), Plebani (Editor), Plebani (Editor), Matteo Plebani (Editor)
Publisher De Gruyter
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 08.11.2012
 
EAN 9783110321548
ISBN 978-3-11-032154-8
No. of pages 122
Dimensions 155 mm x 14 mm x 218 mm
Weight 278 g
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day

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