Substance [[electronic resource] ] : Its Nature and Existence

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783967903321
• Autore: Hoffman Joshua
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
• ISBN: 1-280-18503-1; 9786610185030; 0-203-05006-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Collana: Problems of Philosophy
• Altri autori (Persone): RosenkrantzGary
• Disciplina: 111.1; 111/.1
• Soggetti: Substance (Philosophy)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The concept of substance in history; An independence theory of substance; On the unity of the parts of mereological compounds; On the unity of the parts of organisms; What kinds of physical substances are there?; Appendix: Organisms and natural kinds; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Substance has been a leading idea in the history of Western philosophy. Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz explain the nature and existence of individual substances, including both living things and inanimate objects. Specifically written for students new to this important and often complex subject, Substance provides both the historical and contemporary overview of the debate.Great Philosophers of the past, such as Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Locke, and Berkeley were profoundly interested in the concept of substance. And, the authors argue, a bel