Oxford studies in metaphysics . Volume 4 / / edited by Dean W. Zimmerman

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Disciplina: 110
• Soggetto topico: Metaphysics; Philosophy
• Altri autori: ZimmermanDean W
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2008.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Oxford Studies in Metaphysics: Younger Scholar Prize Announcement; I. QUINE'S 1946 LECTURE ON NOMINALISM: A SYMPOSIUM; 1. Nominalism; 2. Quine and Tarski on Nominalism; 3. Cats, Dogs, and so on; 4. Quine's Lecture on Nominalism from the Perspective of a Nominalist; 5. A World of Concrete Particulars; 6. Quine's 1946 Lecture on Nominalism; II. SOME PRINCIPLES CONCERNING DEPENDENCE AND NECESSITY; 7. Ceteris Absentibus Physicalism; 8. Truthmakers and Predication; 9. On Locating Composite Objects; III. GUNK AND BLOBS; 10. Gunk, Topology, and Measure ; 11. The Structure of Gunk: Adventures in the Ontology of Space12. Beware of the Blob: Cautions for Would-Be Metaphysicians; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The fourth volume of a series that acts as a forum for new works in the field of metaphysics. The collection offers a broad overview of the subject & features traditional topics as well as questions from neighbouring fields such as the philosophies of mind & science.
• Titolo autorizzato: Oxford studies in metaphysics
• ISBN: 1-383-04503-8; 1-281-82576-X; 9786611825768; 0-19-156231-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822412703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.