Description: The Abstract and the Concrete: Further Essays in Ontology [Hardcover] van Inwagen, Prof Peter Product Overview The Abstract and the Concrete presents nine essays in ontology by Peter van Inwagen. Three of the essays concern topics in meta-ontology: the idea of multiple modes of being; Carnap's idea that the questions of "ontology," insofar as they are meaningful at all, are questions about which linguistic frameworks it is expedient to employ; the concept of one object's being metaphysically more fundamental that another. Three of the essays concern various topics that pertain to the author's "lower-case" or "lightweight" platonism. (According to lightweight platonism, there are attributes- necessarily existent universals. These attributes are not constituents of substances, they cannot enter into causal relations, and it is false that an F object is F in virtue of instantiating the attribute of being F.) The remaining three essays examine proposed answers to particular ontological questions: the question of the validity of mathematical fictionalism; the question whether it is analytic that at any place at which some xs are arranged chairwise, there is there a chair; the question of what it means to say that colour is an illusion, and whether (in the sense determined) colour is an illusion. Read more Details Publisher : Oxford University Press (September 24, 2024) Language : English Hardcover : 240 pages ISBN-10 : 0192870459 ISBN-13 : 52 Item Weight : 1.2 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #1,777,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #200 in Metaphysics (Books) #2,922 in Philosophy Metaphysics #200 in Metaphysics (Books) #2,922 in Philosophy Metaphysics Customer Reviews: 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 0192870459
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Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Abstract and the Concrete : Further Essays in Ontology
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Publication Year: 2024
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Subject Area: Philosophy
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Peter Van Inwagen
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