Concrete Particulars - A Metaphysics of Spatiotemporal Entities

This book presents a novel metaphysics of concrete entities. The author uses the theory developed to address three major topics in the metaphysics of concreta: fundamentality, persistence over time, and phenomenal consciousness.

List of contents

1. Concrete Particulars and Markedness 2. The (Meta-)Philosophy of (Meta-)Physics: Some Sociological and Philosophical Observations 3A. A Default Case for Tropes I: Nominalisms 3B. A Default Case for Tropes II: Realisms 4. Ostrich Supertropestantivalism 5. The Need for a New Trope Bundle Theory 6. Markedness Bundle Theory 7. Priority Markedness 8. Markedness Plurdurantism 9. Markedness Panprotopsychism

About the author

Daniel Giberman is Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Gothenburg. His research focuses on contemporary metaphysics and related issues in mind and language. His work has appeared in MIND, Philosophers' Imprint, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Quarterly, and Philosophical Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Giberman, Daniel (University of Gothenburg Giberman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032661803
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3266180-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology