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Ontology, Identity, and Modality
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| NZ$ 85.00 each |
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| Author: Peter van Inwagen |
| Published by: Cambridge University Press |
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This book gathers together thirteen of Peter van Inwagen's essays on metaphysics, several of which have acquired the status of modern classics in their field. They range widely across such topics as Quine's philosophy of quantification, the ontology of fiction, the part-whole relation, the theory of 'temporal parts', and human knowledge of modal truths. In addition, van Inwagen considers the question as to whether the psychological continuity theory of personal identity is compatible with materialism, and defends the thesis that possible states of affairs are abstract objects, in opposition to David Lewis's 'extreme modal realism'. A specially-written introduction completes the collection, which will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in metaphysics.
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Parts
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| NZ$ 160.00 each |
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| Author: Peter Simons |
| Published by: Oxford University Press |
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The relationship of part to whole is one of the most fundamental there is, yet until now there has been no full-length study of this concept. This book shows that mereology, the formal theory of part and whole, is essential to ontology. Peter Simons surveys and criticizes previous theories, especially the standard extensional view, and proposes a more adequate account which encompasses both temporal and modal considerations in detail. This has far-reaching consequences for our understanding of such classical philosophical concepts as identity, individual, class, substance and accident, matter, form, essence, dependence, and integral whole. It also enables the author to offer new solutions to long-standing problems surrounding these concepts, such as the Ship of Theseus Problem and the issue of mereological essentialism. The author shows by his use of formal techniques that classical philosophical problems are amenable to rigorous
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The Mystery of Things
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| NZ$ 34.00 each |
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| Author: A.C. Grayling |
| Published by: Phoenix (Orion imprint) |
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Following on from the huge success of The Meaning of Things and The Reason of Things, this is the new collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher.
'Human genius has done much, and promises much, in the way of removing the mystery from many things in our world; at the same time it recognises and honours the mystery in things too'
In this new collection A.C. Grayling extends the range of his previous two books to show how much understanding people can gain about themselves and their world by reflecting on the lessons offered by science, the arts (including literature) and history. Covering subjects as diverse as Jane Austen's Emma, The Rosetta Stone, Shakespeare, the Holocaust, Quantum physics, Galileo, and even alien abductions, A.C. Grayling's latest collection is a rich source for reflection and contemplation over the mysteries of life.
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