Ontology and the ambitions of metaphysics
Thomas Hofweber explores four major metaphysical debates tied to ontology: the philosophy of arithmetic, the metaphysics of ordinary objects, the problem of universals, and the nature of the fact-like aspect of reality. He defends metaphysics as having some questions of fact distinctly its own, but rejects several metaphysical approaches.
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Thomas Hofweber explores four major metaphysical debates tied to ontology: the philosophy of arithmetic, the metaphysics of ordinary objects, the problem of universals, and the nature of the fact-like aspect of reality. He defends metaphysics as having some questions of fact distinctly its own, but rejects several metaphysical approaches.
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- Publication Date:©2016
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2016
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- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191822650, 0191822655, 9780191082504, 0191082503
- oclc:ocn944211534
- LC Classification:BD311
- Dewey Decimal:111
Table of Contents
Cover; Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Read This Book; 1: Ontology and Metaphysics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Four Problems in Ontology; 1.2.1 Numbers; 1.2.2 Ordinary Objects; 1.2.3 Properties; 1.2.4 Propositions; 1.3 Two Kinds of Ontological Questions; 1.4 Three Puzzles About Ontology; 1.4.1 Is Philosophical Ontology an Incoherent Project?; 1.4.2 The First Puzzle: How Hard?; 1.4.3 The Second Puzzle: How Important?; 1.4.4 TheThird Puzzle: How Philosophical?; 1.5 Towards a Solution.
2: Innocent Statements and Their Metaphysically Loaded Counterparts; 2.1 The Trivial Arguments; 2.2 The Standard Solutions to the Metaphysical Puzzle; 2.3 Some Syntactic and Semantic Puzzles; 2.3.1 The Number of Moons of Jupiter; 2.3.2 Is Four; 2.3.3 Substitution Failure; 2.3.4 The Obviousness of the Equivalence; 2.3.5 The Puzzle of Extravagance; 2.4 Solving the Syntactic and Semantic Puzzles; 2.4.1 The Function of the Cleft Construction; 2.4.2 Focus and Communication; 2.4.3 Questions, Answers, and Focus; 2.4.4 Another Look at the Loaded Counterparts:The Numbers Case.
2.5 Explaining the Focus Effect; 2.5.1 The Argument Against th…
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