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OverviewThis introduction to the topic of ontology - the philosophical study of what exists and what it means for something to exist - aims to provide students taking courses in metaphysics with a comprehensive account of the central ideas at the heart of the subject of being. The first part of the work explores questions of pure philosophical ontology: what is meant by the concept of being, why something exists rather than nothing, and why there is only one logically contingent actual world. The author argues that logic provides the only possible answers to these fundamental problems of pure ontology. The second part of the book examines issues of applied scientific ontology. The author offers a critical survey of some of the most influential traditional ontologies such as the distinction between appearance and reality, and the categories of substance and transcendence. The ontology of physical entities - space, time, matter and causation - are examined as well as the ontology of abstract entities - sets, numbers, properties, relations and propositions. The special problems posed by the subjectivity of mind, and of God, are also explored. The final chapter deals with the ontology of culture, language and art. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dale JacquettePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Acumen Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781902683560ISBN 10: 1902683560 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 31 October 2002 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA highly stimulating book which provides an extremely interesting, even daring, vision of ontology within a solidly analytical framework. - Philosophical Books A clear and powerful vision of ontology... very well written, very well organized, its theses are clear and it is packed with interesting material. - John Divers, University of Sheffield """A highly stimulating book which provides an extremely interesting, even daring, vision of ontology within a solidly analytical framework."" - Philosophical Books ""A clear and powerful vision of ontology... very well written, very well organized, its theses are clear and it is packed with interesting material."" - John Divers, University of Sheffield" Author InformationDale Jacquette is Senior Professorial Chair in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |