Format:
vii, 311 Seiten
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Diagramme
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24 cm
ISBN:
9781107022898
Content:
"Some of the most eminent and enduring philosophical questions concern matters of priority: what is prior to what? What 'grounds' what? Is, for instance, matter prior to mind? Recently, a vivid debate has arisen about how such questions have to be understood. Can the relevant notion or notions of priority be spelled out? And how do they relate to other metaphysical notions, such as modality, truth-making or essence? This volume of new essays, by leading figures in contemporary metaphysics, is the first to address and investigate the metaphysical idea that certain facts are grounded in other facts. An introduction introduces and surveys the debate, examining its history as well as its central systematic aspects. The volume will be of wide interest to students and scholars of metaphysics"--
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 294-305
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Machine generated contents note: Grounding: an opinionated introduction
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Machine generated contents note: Grounding: an opinionated introduction
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Metaphysical grounding Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ISBN 9781107022898
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Metaphysical grounding Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ISBN 1283714701
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139782739
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Schnieder, Benjamin 1974-
Author information:
Correia, Fabrice 1972-