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John Heil : symposium on his ontological point of view /
Fifty years after Willard Van Orman Quine published From a logical point of view (1953), John Heil brought out his book 'From an ontological point of view' (2003). The title expresses the shift in contemporary philosophy from logical and epistemological concerns to metaphysics. The papers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Metaphysical research ;
Bd. 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Fifty years after Willard Van Orman Quine published From a logical point of view (1953), John Heil brought out his book 'From an ontological point of view' (2003). The title expresses the shift in contemporary philosophy from logical and epistemological concerns to metaphysics. The papers of this symposium discuss that shift, focussing on what John Heil calls 'ontological seriousness', truth-making, levels of being, properties, powers, and reductionism. Each paper is followed by a comment from John Heil. The volume covers a number of the most hotly debated issues in today's metaphysics and mov. |
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| Notas: | International conference proceedings. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261). |
| ISBN: | 9783110324761 3110324768 9783110324457 3110324458 |