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Moderate realism and its logic /

Instance ontology, or particularism - the doctrine that asserts the individuality of properties and relations - has been a persistent topic in Western philosophy, discussed in works by Plato and Aristotle, by Muslim and Christian scholastics, and by philosophers of both realist and nominalist positi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mertz, D. W. (Donald W.), 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1996]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Instance Ontology
  • 2. Traditional versus Instance Ontology
  • 3. Plato and Aristotle on Instance Ontology
  • 4. Some Medieval and Early Modern Views
  • 5. Some Modern Views of Unit Attributes
  • 6. The Irreducibility of Relations
  • 7. Specious Arguments against Relation Instances
  • 8. Bradley's Regress and Further Arguments for Relation Instances
  • 9. Formalization of a Particularized Predicate Logic
  • 10. Instance Ontology and Logic Applied to the Foundations of Arithmetic and the Theory of Identity.