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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459979203321

Autore

Mumford Stephen

Titolo

David Armstrong / / Stephen Mumford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-315-71187-7

1-317-49325-7

1-84465-300-5

9786612534515

1-282-53451-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Philosophy now

Disciplina

199.94

Soggetti

Philosophy - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2007 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Naturalism; 2. Universals; 3. Laws of nature; 4. Possibility; 5. Dispositions; 6. States of affairs; 7. Sensations and perceptions; 8. Metaphysics of mind; 9. Knowledge and belief; 10. Truthmaking; 11. Necessity; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

David (D. M.) Armstrong is one of Australia's greatest philosophers. His chief philosophical achievement has been the development of a core metaphysical programme, embracing the topics of universals, laws, modality and facts: a naturalistic metaphysics, consistent with a scientific view of the natural world. It is primarily through his work that Australian philosophy, and Australian metaphysics in particular, enjoys such a high reputation in the rest of the world. In this book Stephen Mumford offers an introduction to the full range of Armstrong's thought. Mumford begins with a discussion of A