Metaontology

This Element offers the reader the elements of metaontology by way of an opinionated overview of its central arguments and positions. The first section focuses on whether there are nonexistent objects. The second section focuses on whether ontological questions are trivial to answer and whether ontological debates are merely verbal debates.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Are there nonexistent objects?; 2. Are ontological debates nonsubstantive?; References.

Summary

This Element offers the reader the elements of metaontology by way of an opinionated overview of its central arguments and positions. The first section focuses on whether there are nonexistent objects. The second section focuses on whether ontological questions are trivial to answer and whether ontological debates are merely verbal debates.

Foreword

This Element covers several core topics in metaontology, providing systematic albeit partial coverage of this field of metaphysics.

Product details

• Authors: Kris McDaniel, Kris (University of Notre Dame) Mcdaniel, McDaniel Kris
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.06.2025
• EAN: 9781009618502
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0961850-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Metaphysics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge