Ontology Without Borders

Our experience of objects is very rich. We perceive objects as possessing individuation conditions. This, however, is a projection of our senses and thinking. Azzouni shows the resulting austere metaphysics tames many ancient philosophical problems about constitution ("Ship of Theseus," "Sorities"), as well as contemporary puzzles about reductionism.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• General Introduction


• Part 1. Ontological Commitment


• 1. Transcendence and immanence


• 2. The transcendence of the natural-language "exist" when used to assert or deny ontological commitment


• 3. Ontological neutrality in natural languages


• 4. Truth and bivalence


• 5. Applications of neutrality


• Conclusion to Part 1


• Introduction to Part 2


• Part 2. What there is


• 6. The Master Argument against Ontological Borders


• 7. Feature-Placing Languages


• 8. Focusing in on (some of) the Real


• 9. Constructing "Objects"


• General Conclusion

About the author

Jody Azzouni was born in New York. He received masters degrees in philosophy and mathematics from NYU, and his doctorate from CUNY Graduate Center. He publishes widely in metaphysics, philosophy of logic, mathematics and science, philosophy of language, and epistemology. He also writes stories and poetry.

Summary

Our experience of objects is very rich. We perceive objects as possessing individuation conditions. This, however, is a projection of our senses and thinking. Azzouni shows the resulting austere metaphysics tames many ancient philosophical problems about constitution ("Ship of Theseus," "Sorities"), as well as contemporary puzzles about reductionism.

Product details

• Authors: Azzouni , Jody Azzouni, Azzouni Jody
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780190078737
• ISBN: 978-0-19-007873-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Perception, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge