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The Nature of Ordinary Objects

Editat de Javier Cumpa, Bill Brewer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 apr 2021
The metaphysics of ordinary objects is an increasingly vibrant field of study for philosophers. This volume gathers insights from a number of leading authors, who together tackle the central issues in contemporary debates about the subject. Their essays engage with topics including composition, persistence, perception, categories, images, artifacts, truthmakers, metaontology, and the relationship between the manifest and scientific images. Exploring the nature of everyday things, the contributors situate their arguments and the latest research against the background of the field's development. Moreover, many essays propose new ideas and approaches, looking ahead to the future of the metaphysical study of ordinary objects. Featuring numerous clearly explained examples and with thoughtful links drawn to other, related disciplines such as pragmatism, this wide-ranging volume fills a major gap in the literature and will be important for scholars working in metaphysics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781316612897
ISBN-10: 1316612899
Pagini: 305
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction: issues and options Javier Cumpa and Bill Brewer; 1. Perception and ordinary objects Alex Byrne; 2. Empirical evidence and the metaphysics of ordinary objects Thomas Hofweber; 3. Basic objects as grounds: a metaphysical manifesto Bill Brewer; 4. Ordinary objects Javier Cumpa; 5. Objects, ordinary and otherwise John Heil; 6. In defence of ordinary objects and a naturalistic answer to the special composition question Jonas Waechter and James Ladyman; 7. Compound natural beings: varieties of compositional unity Gary S. Rosenkrantz; 8. How can thought select between coincident material things? Rory Madden; 9. Against analytic existence entailments Peter van Inwagen; 10. Mass production Simon Evnine; 11. Pragmatism, ontology and ordinary objects Lynne Rudder Baker; 12. What can global pragmatists say about ordinary objects? Amie L. Thomasson; 13. There are no such things as ordinary objects Steven French.

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Provides new insights into contemporary debates surrounding the metaphysics of objects, a subject undergoing an important revival.