Thomas Hofweber explores four major metaphysical debates tied to ontology: the philosophy of arithmetic, the metaphysics of ordinary objects, the problem of universals, and the nature of the fact-like aspect of reality. He defends metaphysics as having some questions of fact distinctly its own, but rejects several metaphysical approaches.
Thomas Hofweber explores four major metaphysical debates tied to ontology: the philosophy of arithmetic, the metaphysics of ordinary objects, the problem of universals, and the nature of the fact-like aspect of reality. He defends metaphysics as having some questions of fact distinctly its own, but rejects several metaphysical approaches.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Thomas Hofweber is professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research specializes in metaphysics and the philosophy of language. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Munich, before completing his PhD at Stanford University. Before moving to North Carolina, he taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Preface 1: Ontology and metaphysics 2: Innocent statements 3: Quantification 4: Internalism, externalism, ontology 5: Talk about natural numbers 6: The philosophy of arithmetic 7: Ordinary objects 8: Talk about properties and propositions 9: Inexpressible properties 10: Ineffable facts 11: Objects, properties, universals 12: The philosophical project of ontology 13: Esoteric and egalitarian metaphysics 14: Conclusion Bibliography Index