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

• Pubblicazione: Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 110
• Soggetto topico: Ontology
• Altri autori: KanzianChristian LöfflerWinfried QuittererJosef
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ways things are
• ISBN: 3-11-032578-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779731403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis