Overview

The book's aim is to give a working representation of what metaphysics is today. The historical contributions reveal the roots of metaphysical themes and how today's methods are linked to their Aristotelian and Leibnizian past. The volume also touches on the relationships between ontological and linguistic analysis, the questions of realism and ontological commitment, the nature of abstract objects, the existential meaning of particular quantification, the primitiveness of identity, the question of epistemic versus ontological vagueness, the necessity of origin, the nature of natural necessity, the possibility of intermittent existence, the notion of a temporal part and its place in an account of persistence, the question of identity and change across time and possible worlds, and many more. Readership: A toolbox for any researcher in metaphysics and an essential source for any PhD student with ontological interests.

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Author:   A. Bottani ,  Massimiliano Carrara ,  P. Giaretta
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2002
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.789kg
ISBN:  

9789048159888

ISBN 10:   9048159881
Pages:   501
Publication Date:   09 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

One: Ontology and Analysis.- The Question of Realism.- Words and Objects.- Two: Essence and Existence.- Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle.- Some Comments on Prof. Enrico Berti’s Paper “Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle”.- Existence, Identity, and an Aristotelian Tradition.- Orenstein on Existence and Identity.- Abstract Objects: A Case Study.- Kinds, Essence, and Natural Necessity.- Kinds of Necessity: a Commentary on E.J. Lowe’s Paper.- Three: Identity.- On the Notion of Identity in Aristotle.- Sameness in Aristotle’s Topics.- Identity and Supervenience.- Comments on Wiggins’s Paper “Identity and Supervienence”.- Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz’s Law.- Williamson on Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz’s Law.- Origins and Identities.- Forbes on Origins and Identities.- Four: Time and Persistence.- Leibniz, Composite Substances and the Persistence of Organic Things.- On Naturalising Leibniz (a Reply to Anthony Savile).- Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time.- Van Inwagen on Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time.- Change and Change-Ersatz.- Starting Over.- List of Contributors.- Index of Names.

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