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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452820103321

Titolo

Ways things are [[electronic resource] ] : studies in ontology / / Christian Kanzian, Winfried Löffler, Josef Quitterer (eds)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2011

ISBN

3-11-032578-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis ; ; 44

Philosophische Analyse ; ; Bd. 44

Altri autori (Persone)

KanzianChristian

LöfflerWinfried

QuittererJosef

Disciplina

110

Soggetti

Ontology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Before Ontology -- Metaphysics and Higher-Order Modal Logic / Williamson, Timothy -- On Metaphysical Possibility - in Classical and Analytic Philosophy / Muck, Otto -- Beyond the Ultimate / Jansen, Ludger -- A Plea for a Naturalistic Ontology / BRANDL, JOHANNES L. -- Ockham on the Nature of Concepts / Leibold, Gerhard -- What is Aristotelian Metaphysics? / Ricken, Friedo -- 2. Ontology at Work -- Experience of Change and Change of Experience / Lowe, E.J. -- On the Unifying Role of Laws of Nature / Weingartner, Paul -- Finitist Objects / Galvan, Sergio -- Ontology and Ordinary Objects / Baker, Lynne Rudder -- Can One Separate Me From My Life? / Tapp, Christian -- Dimensions of the Mental / Kutschera, Franz von -- 3. Ontology in Application -- Philosophy and Neuroscience / Corradini, Antonella -- How Molinists Can Have Their Cake and Eat It Too / Brüntrup, Godehard / Schneider, Ruben -- Scientia Media and Freedom to Do Otherwise / Jäger, Christoph -- Dualism and Resurrection / Meixner, Uwe -- Living like God in Switzerland? / Strobach, Niko -- The Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a collection of essays in systematic ontology. The parts of its title - "Things" and "Ways They Are" - are indicative of two broadly



and intensively discussed issues in current ontology, namely, what categories of entities there are and in what ways they are relevant for our discourses. The three sections of the volume correspond to focuses of ontological research: "Before Ontology" is dedicated to conceptual, methodological, and meta-ontological issues; "Ontology at Work" raises general topics of categorial ontology, and the final section "Ontology in Application" discusses quest