Existence :
Van Inwagen, Peter,
Existence : essays in ontology / Peter van Inwagen. - United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Five questions -- The new anti-metaphysicians -- Being, existence, and ontological commitment -- Existence, ontological commitment, and fictional entities -- Can variables be explained away? -- Quine's 1946 lecture on nominalism -- Alston on Ontological commitment -- A theory of properties -- What is an ontological category? -- Relational vs. constituent ontologies -- Can merological sums change their parts? -- Causation and the mental.
License restrictions may limit access.
9781107047129 (hardback) = Existence :
Ontology.
B945.V353 / E95 2014
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Existence : essays in ontology / Peter van Inwagen. - United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Five questions -- The new anti-metaphysicians -- Being, existence, and ontological commitment -- Existence, ontological commitment, and fictional entities -- Can variables be explained away? -- Quine's 1946 lecture on nominalism -- Alston on Ontological commitment -- A theory of properties -- What is an ontological category? -- Relational vs. constituent ontologies -- Can merological sums change their parts? -- Causation and the mental.
License restrictions may limit access.
9781107047129 (hardback) = Existence :
Ontology.
B945.V353 / E95 2014
111