The Metaphysics of Quantities - Couverture rigide

Wolff, J. E.

 
9780198837084: The Metaphysics of Quantities
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198837089 ISBN 13 : 9780198837084
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2020

Synopsis

What are physical quantities, and in particular, what makes them quantitative?

This book articulates and defends an original answer to this important, insufficiently understood question through the novel position of substantival structuralism. This position argues that quantitativeness is an irreducible feature of attributes, and quantitative attributes are best understood as substantival structured spaces. The book first explores what it means for an attribute to be quantitative, and what metaphysical implications a commitment to quantitative attributes has. It then sets the stage to address the metaphysical and ontological consequences of the existence of quantitative attributes.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jo E. Wolff is Senior Lecturer in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Wolff earned a PhD in philosophy from Stanford University and held appointments at the University of Hong Kong and King's College London before joining the department at Edinburgh in 2019.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198837089
ISBN 13 
9780198837084
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
226
Coordonnées du fabricant
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