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'Ordinary Objects' shows how to develop a common-sense ontology and defend it against a variety of eliminativist arguments. The text argues that the apparently diverse eliminativist arguments rest on a few shared assumptions, and that questioning these gives us reason to reevaluate the pro...

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Main Author: Thomasson, Amie L. (Amie Lynn), 1968-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module.
Subjects:
Object (Philosophy)
Common sense.
Ontology.
Objet (Philosophie)
Sens commun.
Ontologie.
ontology (metaphysics)
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Common sense
Ontology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Ordinary Objects' shows how to develop a common-sense ontology and defend it against a variety of eliminativist arguments. The text argues that the apparently diverse eliminativist arguments rest on a few shared assumptions, and that questioning these gives us reason to reevaluate the proper methods and limits of metaphysics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 240 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0195319915
9780195319910
9781435620230
1435620232
9780199869602
019986960X