The Ways Things Are - Studies in Ontology

This book is a collection of essays in systematic ontology. The parts of its title - "Things" and "Ways They Are" - are indicative of two broadly and intensively discussed issues in current ontology, namely, what categories of entities there are and in what ways they are relevant for our discourses. The three sections of the volume correspond to focuses of ontological research: "Before Ontology" is dedicated to conceptual, methodological, and meta-ontological issues; "Ontology at Work" raises general topics of categorial ontology, and the final section "Ontology in Application" discusses questions such as those relating to free will and our conception of the human being. The book is a tribute to Edmund Runggaldier on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Its seventeen papers are authored by such distinguished scholars as Lynne Rudder Baker, Franz von Kutschera, E. J. Lowe, Otto Muck, Paul Weingartner, Timothy Williamson, and many others.

About the author

Christian Kanzian ist a.o. Univ.-Prof. für Philosophie an der Universität Innsbruck. Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Ontologie und Metaphysik, Philosophiegeschichte, Analytische Philosophie.

Dr.iur. Dr.phil.fac.theol. Winfried Löffler, geb. 1965. Studien der Rechtswissenschaften, Philosophie und katholischen Theologie in Innsbruck, seit 2001 Assistenzprofessor am Institut für Christliche Philosophie der Universität Innsbruck.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Kanzian, Winfried Löffler, Josef Quitterer
• Assisted by: Christian Kanzian (Editor), Winfrie Löffler (Editor), Winfried Löffler (Editor), Josef Quitterer (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.2011
• EAN: 9783110325102
• ISBN: 978-3-11-032510-2
• No. of pages: 303
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 210 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: Philosophische Analyse /Philosophical Analysis; Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis; ISSN
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day