Tropes: Properties, Objects, and Mental Causation - Couverture rigide

Ehring, Douglas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199608539 ISBN 13 : 9780199608539

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Properties and objects are everywhere. We cannot take a step without walking into them; we cannot construct a theory in science without referring to them. Given their ubiquitous character, one might think that there would be a standard metaphysical account of properties and objects, but they remain a philosophical mystery. Douglas Ehring presents a defense of tropes--properties and relations understood as particulars--and of trope bundle theory as the best accounts of properties and objects, and advocates a specific brand of trope nominalism, Natural Class Trope Nominalism. This position rejects the existence of universals, and holds that the nature of each individual trope is determined by its membership in various natural classes of tropes (in contrast with the view that a trope's nature is logically prior to those class memberships). The first part of the book provides a general introduction and defense of tropes and trope bundle theory. Ehring demonstrates that there are tropes and indicates some of the things that tropes can do for us metaphysically, including helping to solve the problems of mental causation, while remaining neutral between different theories of tropes. In the second part he offers a more specific defense of Natural Class Trope Nominalism, and provides a full analysis of what a trope is.

Revue de presse :

... for the philosopher engaged in this ontological work, Tropes is a valuable resource and it deserves serious consideration. Serving as a reference, it is a book to be returned to on many occasions by both engaged professionals and advanced studentsâthe book is essential reading, requiring ample time for digesting, for anyone interested in contemporary issues in ontology, particularly trope theory. (Eric Weislogel, Philosophy in Review)

highly original, carefully argued, and systematic (Sophie C. Gibb, Analysis)

All in all, Tropes is a challenging and rewarding read, one that offers us a number of interesting and novel solutions to an age-old problem. (Brian Jonathan Garret, Philosophy in Review XXXIII)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0199608539
• ISBN 13: 9780199608539
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 260