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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779724603321

Autore

Addis Laird

Titolo

Ontology and analysis [[electronic resource] ] : essays and recollections about Gustav Bergmann / / Laird Addis, Greg Jesson, Erwin Tegtmeier (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2007

ISBN

3-11-032703-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

Philosophische Analyse = Philosophical analysis ; ; Bd. 19

Altri autori (Persone)

AddisLaird

JessonGreg

TegtmeierErwin

Disciplina

111

Soggetti

Ontology

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 -- Introduction -- Philosophical Papers -- The Development of Bergmann's Metaphysics / Tegtmeier, Erwin -- The First Station of Gustav Bergmann's Odyssey / Bonino, Guido -- Bergmann as Historian / Baker, Robert -- Bergmann on the Synthetic A Priori Truth: Nothing Can Have Two Colors All Over at Once / Sievert, Donald -- Gustav Bergmann's Quest for the Ontology of Knowing: From Phenomenalism towards Realism / Jesson, Greg -- Time for Bergmann's Bare Particulars / Magalhães, Ernâni -- Bradley's Regress: Meinong versus Bergmann / Orilia, Francesco -- Bergmann's Thinkable Inexpressibles / Heald, William -- Placing Bergmann / Wilson, Fred -- Reminiscences -- Reminiscence of Gustav Bergmann / Leiden, Carl -- Reminiscence of Gustav Bergmann (1987) / Grossmann, Reinhardt -- Reminiscences of Bergmann's Last Student / Oaklander, Nathan -- Afterword: Read Bergmann! / Tegtmeier, Erwin -- Bibliography of the Writings of Gustav Bergmann -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987) was, arguably, the greatest ontologist of the twentieth century in pursuing the fundamental questions of first philosophy as deeply as any philosopher of any time. In 2006 and 2007, international conferences devoted solely to Bergmann's work were held at the University of Iowa in the USA, Université de Provence in France, and Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Italy. The papers in this



volume were presented at the first of these conferences, in Iowa City, where Bergmann taught for nearly four decades after escaping from Europe, following the dissolution of the Vienn