Ontology without borders

Ontology without borders / by Jody Azzouni.

Our experience of objects is very rich. We perceive objects as possessing individuation conditions. This, however, is a projection of our senses and thinking. Azzouni shows the resulting austere metaphysics tames many ancient philosophical problems about constitution (""Ship of Theseus, &q...

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Main Author: Azzouni, Jody (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Ontology.
Object (Philosophy)
ontology (metaphysics)
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Ontology
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Table of Contents:
  • Ontological commitment
  • Transcendence and immanence
  • The transcendence of the natural-language exist when used to assert or deny ontological commitment
  • Ontological neutrality in natural languages
  • Truth and bivalence
  • Applications of neutrality
  • What there is
  • The master argument against ontological borders
  • Feature-placing languages
  • Focusing in on (some of) the real
  • Constructing objects.

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