Physical Basis of Predication

Table des matières

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 'Real constituents of the world'; 2. What can logic and language tell us about reality?; 3. The 'existence' of universals and the notion of possibility; 4. The causal significance of basic attributes; 5. Hierarchies of universals; 6. Causal relations; 7. Arbitrary particulars and unified particulars; 8. Further considerations concerning the causal relation; 9. Arbitrary particulars and physical objects; Bibliography; Index.

Résumé

This book is about the basic metaphysical concepts which apply to the world dealt with by natural science and how they have a basis in simple scientific properties and causal relations.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrew Newman, Newman Andrew
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.10.1992
• EAN: 9780521411318
• ISBN: 978-0-521-41131-8
• Pages: 288
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge