The Nature of Ordinary Objects

Herausgeber: Cumpa, Javier; Brewer, Bill

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores contemporary issues around the metaphysics of ordinary objects, a field that has been the subject of renewed interest in recent years. The book brings together leading authors to analyze topics including persistence, composition, and perception, and will be valuable for students and researchers of metaphysics and ontology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 305
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781316612897
• ISBN-10: 1316612899
• Artikelnr.: 60861625

Inhaltsangabe

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.