Chains of Being - Infinite Regress, Circularity, and Metaphysical Explanation

Chains of Being argues that there can be infinite chains of dependence or grounding. Cameron also defends the view that there can be circular relations of ontological dependence or grounding, and uses these claims to explore issues in logic and ontology.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Infinite Regress


• 2: Set Theory, Infinite Regress, and Circularity


• 3: Regress and Explanation


• 4: Circles of Dependence


• 5: Grounding, Circularity, and Regress


• Conclusion

About the author

Ross P. Cameron is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Moving Spotlight (OUP, 2015), and numerous papers in the philosophy of time, modality, ontology and truth, the philosophy of logic, mereology, the metaphysics of properties, and other areas.

Summary

Chains of Being argues that there can be infinite chains of dependence or grounding. Cameron also defends the view that there can be circular relations of ontological dependence or grounding, and uses these claims to explore issues in logic and ontology.

Product details

• Authors: Cameron , Ross P. Cameron, Ross P. (Professor of Philosophy Cameron, Ross P. (University of Virginia) Cameron, Cameron Ross P.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780198854272
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885427-2
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic