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Substance Among Other Categories - Couverture souple

Hoffman, Joshua

 
9780521039659: Substance Among Other Categories
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521039657 ISBN 13 : 9780521039659
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book revives a neglected but important topic in philosophy: the nature of substance.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book revives a neglected but important topic in philosophy: the nature of substance. The belief that there are individual substances, for example, material objects and persons, is at the core of our common-sense view of the world yet many metaphysicians deny the very coherence of the concept of substance. The authors develop an account of what an individual substance is in terms of independence from other beings. In the process many other important ontological categories are explored: property, event, space, time. The authors show why alternative theories of substance fail, and go on to defend the intelligibility (though not the existence) of interacting spiritual and material substances.

Revue de presse

"The approach here is analytic, the style very clear and readable". Choice

"Substance Among Other Categories is a useful essay in contemporary metaphysics. It would make interesting reading for graduate students and philosophers interested in the question of what substance is." Charlotte Witt, The Philosophical Review

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521039657
ISBN 13 
9780521039659
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
212
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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