Geraldine Coggins

Could there have been Nothing?

Against Metaphysical Nihilism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book-length study of metaphysical nihilism: an analytical treatment of one of the most intriguing and fundamental questions in contemporary analytic metaphysics: Could there have been nothing at all? No physical universe, no people, no living beings, no planets, no atoms, no matter, no energy - nothing?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-36476-3
• 1st ed. 2010
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9781349364763
• ISBN-10: 1349364762
• Artikelnr.: 45082820

Autorenporträt

GERALDINE COGGINS Lecturer in Philosophy at Keele University, UK. She holds a PhD in contemporary analytic metaphysics from Durham University, as well as Philosophy degrees from the University of St Andrews and Trinity College Dublin. She has previously taught at Aberdeen, York and Durham Universities.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Could there have been Nothing? Metaphysical Nihilism and the Subtraction Argument Possible Worlds Concreteness Concreta, Dependence and Anti-Nihilism The Metaphysics of Subtraction The Trouble with Metaphysical Nihilism Notes Bibliography Index

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Preface Could there have been Nothing? Metaphysical Nihilism and the Subtraction Argument Possible Worlds Concreteness Concreta, Dependence and Anti-Nihilism The Metaphysics of Subtraction The Trouble with Metaphysical Nihilism Notes Bibliography Index