Things - Papers on Objects, Events, and Properties

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Yablo is Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Klappentext Things is a collection of twelve essays by Stephen Yablo on identity, essence, causation, properties, ontology, and metaontology, with an emphasis on the metaontology of abstract objects. Almost all of Yablo's published work on these topics is collected here, along with the previously unpublished "Carving Content at the Joints." Zusammenfassung Things is a collection of twelve essays by Stephen Yablo on identity, essence, causation, properties, ontology, and metaontology, with an emphasis on the metaontology of abstract objects. Almost all of Yablo's published work on these topics is collected here, along with the previously unpublished "Carving Content at the Joints." Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Identity, Essence, and Indiscernibility 2: Intrinsicness 3: Cause and Essence 4: De Facto Dependence 5: Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake? 6: Apriority and Existence 7: Go Figure 8: Abstract Objects 9: The Myth of the Seven 10: Carving Content at the Joints 11: Must Existence -Questions Have Answers? 12: Non-Catastrophic Presupposition Failure

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Yablo, Stephen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Yablo, Yablo Stephen
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9780199266487
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926648-7
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge