Problem of Universals in Contemporary Philosophy

This book provides a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the contemporary metaphysical debate on the problem of universals.

List of contents

Introduction Gabriele Galluzzo and Michael J. Loux; 1. An exercise in constituent ontology Michael J. Loux; 2. Against ontological structure Peter Van Inwagen; 3. In defense of substantial universals E. J. Lowe; 4. A kind farewell to Platonism: for an Aristotelian understanding of kinds and properties Gabriele Galluzzo; 5. Universals in a world of particulars John Heil; 6. Is trope theory a divided house? Robert K. Garcia; 7. Tropes and the generality of laws Sophie Gibb; 8. On the origins of order: non-symmetric or only symmetric relation? Fraser MacBride; 9. States of affairs and the relation regress Anna-Sofia Maurin.

About the author

Gabriele Galluzzo is Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter.Michael J. Loux is George N. Shuster Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.

Summary

The problem of universals is one of the most fascinating and enduring topics in the history of metaphysics, with roots in ancient and medieval philosophy. The contributors to this book provide a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the contemporary debate on the problem of universals.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriele (University of Exeter) Loux Galluzzo
• Assisted by: Gabriele Galluzzo (Editor), Gabriele (University of Exeter) Galluzzo (Editor), Galluzzo Gabriele (Editor), Michael J. Loux (Editor), Michael J. (University of Notre Dame Loux (Editor), Loux Michael J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781107498341
• ISBN: 978-1-107-49834-1
• No. of pages: 241
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy, Mathematics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -