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The abstract and the concrete : further essays in ontology /

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'The Abstract and the Concrete' draws together Peter Van Inwagen's essays in ontology from the last decade. They range over topics in meta-ontology, the author's distinctive version of platonism, mathematical fictionalism, analyticity, and colour.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Inwagen, Peter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Ontology.
Ontologie.
ontology (metaphysics)
Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY.
Ontology
Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Abstract and the Concrete: Further Essays in Ontology
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I: META-ONTOLOGY
  • 1: Modes of Being and Quantification
  • 2: The Neo-Carnapians
  • 3: Dispensing with Ontological Levels: An Illustration
  • II: PLATONISM-OF A SORT
  • 4: In Defense of Lightweight Platonism
  • 5: Two Problems for a Truth-Centered Ontology
  • 6: In Defense of Transcendent Universals
  • III: TOPICS IN ONTOLOGY
  • 7: Fictionalist Nominalism and Applied Mathematics
  • 1. An Argument for Rejecting Nominalism
  • 2. Against Fictionalist Nominalism
  • 3. The Applied Arithmetical Fiction as a Conservative Extension of Nominalistically Acceptable Discourse
  • 8: Against Analytic Existence Entailments
  • Brief Appendix on Ryle and Counting
  • 9: "Color is an Illusion"
  • 1. Naïve Realism
  • 2. Illusory Phenomena
  • 3. A Question
  • 4. An Answer
  • 5. A Discussion of the Answer
  • Bibliography
  • Index