Substance and Attribute A Study in Ontology / by Michael J. Loux.

In this book I address a dichotomy that is as central as any in ontology - that between ordinary objects or substances and the various attributes (Le. , properties, kinds, and relations) we associate with them. My aim is to arrive at the correct philosophical account of each member of the dichotomy....

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Main Author: Loux, Michael J. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1978.
Edition:1st ed. 1978.
Series:Philosophical Studies Series, 14
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505 0 |a One: Attributes -- One/Attribute-Agreement and the Problem of Universals -- Two/Predication and Universals -- Three/Resemblance and Universals -- Four/Abstract Reference and Universals -- Five/Towards A Realistic Ontology -- Two: Substances -- Six/Two theories of substance -- Seven/The Bundle Theory -- Eight/Bare Substrata -- Nine/Towards A Substance-Theory Of Substance -- Epilogue -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects. 
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