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Metaphysical grounding : understanding the structure of reality /
"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 o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012, ©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 311 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139776707 1139776703 113914913X 9781139149136 1283714701 9781283714709 9781139779746 1139779745 9781139782739 1139782738 1139888994 9781139888998 1139794094 9781139794091 1139783688 9781139783682 1139778226 9781139778220 9781107460287 110746028X |