02467nam 2200637 a 450 991082182230332120240313231258.03-11-032582-910.1515/9783110325829(CKB)2550000001096856(EBL)1209336(OCoLC)851971924(SSID)ssj0000801355(PQKBManifestationID)11460302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000801355(PQKBWorkID)10773231(PQKB)10618642(MiAaPQ)EBC1209336(DE-B1597)211457(OCoLC)853266313(OCoLC)948656101(DE-B1597)9783110325829(Au-PeEL)EBL1209336(CaPaEBR)ebr10728598(CaONFJC)MIL503390(EXLCZ)99255000000109685620130709d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRobust reality an essay in formal ontology /George EnglebretsenFrankfurt Ontos Verlag20121 online resource (201 p.)Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical analysis ;Bd. 46Description based upon print version of record.3-11-032512-8 1-299-72139-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Seiendes : structural ontology -- pt. 2. Metaphysics au Monde.Contemporary analytic philosophy can generally be characterized by the following tendencies: commitment to first-order predicate logic as the only viable formal logic; rejection of correspondence theories of truth; a view of existence as something expressed by the existential quantifier; a metaphysics that doesn't give the world as a whole its due. This book seeks to offer an alternative analytic theory, one that provides a unified account of what there is, how we speak about it, the underlying logic of our language, how the truth of what we say is determined, and the central role of the real Philosophische Analyse ;Bd. 46.RealityOntologyReality.Ontology.111Englebretsen George1020012MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821822303321Robust reality4049856UNINA