Cargando…

Fundamentals of Ontological Commitment.

This book presents the standard ontological commitment approach, together with a defense of the thesis of ontological relativity. It provides, at the same time, a wide-ranging overview of the ground conceptual tools of ontology. Their possible applications are outlined through a broad array of examp...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Valore, Paolo, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]
Colección:Eide ; Volume 10.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part I: The Task and Scope of Ontology
  • 1. Ontology as a Philosophical Discipline
  • 2. Ontology in Its Different Varieties
  • 3. Logical Tools for Ontological Analysis
  • 4. Mereological Tools of Ontological Analysis
  • Part II: Ontological Categories
  • 5. Categories as Uppermost Kinds
  • 6. Categorial Realism
  • 7. Modalities
  • 8. Categorial Conceptualism
  • 9. Parts and Wholes
  • 10. Natural Kinds and Ordering Strategies
  • Part III: The Nature of Existence
  • 11. Non-being
  • 12. Being and Existence
  • 13. Ontological Commitment
  • 14. Identity
  • Part IV: Ontological Proofs
  • 15. The Existence of God
  • 16. God as an A Priori Idea
  • 17. Gödel's Proof
  • Part V: Kinds of Being
  • 18. Three Classical Views about Universals
  • 19. The Standard Approaches to Concrete Entities
  • 20. The Ontological Import of Mathematics
  • 21. Elements of Social Ontology
  • Relativism and Ontological Relativity
  • Bibliography
  • Index.