The Existence of the World
An Introduction to Ontology
1st Edition
Published on 6. March 2019
150 pages
978-0-429-51418-0 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1992. The history of Western philosophy can be seen as a battle between those that insist that the "physical universe" exists and those would claim that there is a much larger "world" which contains atemporal and nonspatial things as well. The central part of this book, and the battle, concerns the existence of universals. Starting with the mediaeval definition of the issue found in Porphry and Boethius, the author then considers modern and contemporary versions of the battle. He concludes that what is at stake between naturalists and ontologists is the existence and nature of a number of important categories, like structures, relations, sets, numbers and so on.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,38 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-429-51418-0 (9780429514180)
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Content
1. The Discovery of the World: Timeless Being 2. The Battle Over the World: Universals 3. The Structure of the World: The Categories 4. The Substratum of the World: Existence 5. The Enigma of the World: Negation
