Language of Ontology

The Langage of Ontology addresses the question of is whether the nature of language influences or limits debates about what exists. Chapters from both established and new voices explore the range of issues relating to our ability or inability to get beyond the limits of our language.

List of contents

• Introduction: The Language of Ontology


• 1: Eli Hirsch: Ontology by Stipulation


• 2: Delia Belleri: Are Ontological Questions Meaningless?


• 3: Matti Eklund: Collapse and the Varieties of Quantifier Variance


• 4: Vera Flocke: Ontological Expressivism


• 5: Thomas Hofweber: Why Our Natural Language Are Ideal Language for Metaphysics


• 6: J. T. M. Miller: What Counts as a 'Good Metaphysical Language'?


• 7: Richard Woodward: The Questions of Ontology


• 8: Stephen Yablo: What 'X Does Not Exist' Says about We Who Do Exist


• 9: Alessandro Torza: Structural Pluralism


• 10: Friederike Moltmann: Levels of Ontology and Natural Language: The Case of the Ontology of Parts and Wholes

About the author

J. T. M. Miller is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, UK. He previously held positions at the University of Nottingham and Trinity College Dublin,

Summary

The Langage of Ontology addresses the question of is whether the nature of language influences or limits debates about what exists. Chapters from both established and new voices explore the range of issues relating to our ability or inability to get beyond the limits of our language.

Product details

• Authors: J. T. M. (Assistant Professor of Philosoph Miller
• Assisted by: J. T. M. Miller (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2021
• EAN: 9780192895332
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289533-2
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Mind Association Occasional Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic