UID:
almafu_9960119175402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (77 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781009022330
,
1009022334
,
9781009022583
,
100902258X
,
9781009019606
,
1009019600
Serie:
Cambridge elements. Elements in metaphysics
Inhalt:
This Element is a survey of central topics in the metaphysics of material objects. The topics are grouped into four problem spaces. The first concerns how an object's parts are related to the object's existence and to the object's nature, or essence. The second concerns how an object persists through time, how an object is located in spacetime, and how an object changes. The third concerns paradoxes about objects, including paradoxes of coincidence, paradoxes of fission, and the problem of the many. The fourth concerns views with radical consequences regarding the existence of composite material objects, including mereological nihilism, ontological anti-realism, and deflationism.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2021).
,
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Material Objects -- Contents -- Overview -- 1 Parts -- 1.1 Composition and Existence -- 1.2 Mereological Restrictivism and Universalism -- 1.2.1 The Specification Objection -- 1.2.2 The Indeterminacy Objection -- 1.2.3 The Strangeness Objection -- 1.2.4 The Economy Objection -- 1.3 Structured and Unstructured Objects -- 2 Persistence -- 2.1 Endurance and Perdurance -- 2.1.1 First Question: How Does a Continuant Persist Through Time? -- 2.1.2 Second Question: How Is a Continuant Located in Spacetime? -- 2.2 Change and Collapse -- 2.3 Persistence and Relativity -- 3 Paradox -- 3.1 Paradoxes of Coincidence -- 3.1.1 Monism about Coincidence -- 3.1.2 Pluralism about Coincidence -- 3.1.3 Compatibilism about Coincidence -- 3.2 Paradoxes of Fission -- 3.2.1 Incompatibilism about Fission -- 3.2.2 Compatibilism about Fission -- 3.3 The Problem of the Many -- 4 Existence -- 4.1 Mereological Nihilism, Experience, and Science -- 4.1.1 Experience -- 4.1.2 Science -- 4.2 Ontological Realism and Anti-Realism -- 4.3 Deflationism about the Ontology of Objects -- References -- Acknowledgement.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781009011464
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1009011464
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009019606
Bookmarklink
