Ontological investigations : an inquiry into the categories of nature, man and society /

This volume is devoted to problems within analytic metaphysics. It defends an ontology and theory of categories inspired by Aristotle, but revised in such a way as to be compatible with modern science. The ontology of both natural and social reality is addressed, starting out from the view that univ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johansson, Ingvar (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2004.
Colección:Reprint philosophy ; v. 4.
Temas:
Ontology.
Categories (Philosophy)
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Ontologie.
Catégories (Philosophie)
Intentionnalité (Philosophie)
ontology (metaphysics)
Ontology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword to the second edition
  • Preface
  • 1. Ontology
  • 2. Irreductive Materialism
  • 3. States of Affairs and Qualities
  • 4. Exclusive and Inclusive Qualities
  • 5. Actions and Functions
  • 6. Patterns, Changes, and Pure Gestalten
  • 7. Self-Sustaining Gestalten and Gestalten Causa Sui
  • 8. External, Internal, and Grounded Relations
  • 9. Existential Dependence
  • 10. Container Space and Relational Space
  • 11. Tendency
  • 12. Efficient Causality
  • 13. Intentionality
  • 14. Nature: Parts and Wholes Without Intentionality
  • 15. Man and Society: Nested Intentionality
  • 16. Epistemological Positions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Appendix 1: An aphoristic summary of Ontological Investigations
  • Appendix 2: Determinables as Universals
  • Appendix 3: Ontologies and Concepts. Two Proposals
  • Backmatter

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