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Autore: Mumford Stephen Visualizza persona
Titolo: David Armstrong / / Stephen Mumford Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 199.94
Soggetto topico: Philosophy - Australia
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: David Armstrong  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-315-71187-7
1-317-49325-7
1-84465-300-5
9786612534515
1-282-53451-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910459979203321
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Serie: Philosophy now (Teddington, London, England)