Oxford Studies in Metaphysics

Informationen zum Autor Dean W. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Klappentext Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. A special feature of this volume is an unpublished paper on nominalism by W. V. Quine! arguably the most influential figure in philosophy in the second half of the twentieth century. It is accompanied by five specially commissioned commentaries. Zusammenfassung Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. A special feature of this volume is an unpublished paper on nominalism by W. V. Quine, arguably the most influential figure in philosophy in the second half of the twentieth century. It is accompanied by five specially commissioned commentaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. QUINE'S 1946 LECTURE ON NOMINALISM: A SYMPOSIUM 1: Willard Van Orman Quine: Nominalism 2: Paolo Mancosu: Quine and Tarski on Nominalism 3: John P. Burgess: Cats, Dogs, and So On 4: Charles Chihara: Quine's Lecture on Nominalism From the Perspective of a Nominalist 5: Joseph Melia: A World of Concrete Particulars 6: Peter van Inwagen: Quine's 1946 Lecture on Nominalism II. SOME PRINCIPLES CONCERNING DEPENDENCE AND NECESSITY 7: Stephan Leuenberger: Ceteris Absentibus Physicalism 8: Daniel Nolan: Truthmakers and Predication 9: Jacek Brzozowski: On Locating Composite Objects III. GUNK AND BLOBS 10: Frank Arntzenius: Gunk, Topology and Measure 11: Jeffrey T. Russell: The Structure of Gunk: Adventures in the Ontology of Space 12: Mark Wilson: Beware the Blob: Cautions for Would-Be Metaphysicians

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dean Zimmerman, Dean W. (EDT) Zimmerman
• Con la collaborazione di: Dean Zimmerman (Editore), Zimmerman Dean (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.2008
• EAN: 9780199542994
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954299-4
• Pagine: 323
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Metaphysics; Oxford Studies in Metaphysics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology