Robert Merrihew Adams

Gebundenes Buch

What Is, and What Is in Itself

A Systematic Ontology

Beschreibung

This long-awaited book by one of the world's leading philosophers offers a systematic account of kinds of being, ways in which things can be or can fail to be.

Autor

Robert Merrihew Adams got an AB in philosophy at Princeton University, 1955-59, a BA in theology at Oxford University, 1959-61, and a BD at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1961-62, following which he served as pastor of a Presbyterian church in Montauk at the eastern tip of Long Island, 1962-65. He got his PhD in Philosophy at Cornell University, 1965-69. He then taught Philosophy full time at the University of Michigan, 1968-72, at UCLA 1972-93, and at Yale 1999-2003. He became a non-stipendiary Senior Research Fellow and very part-time Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University 2004-09, and a part-time Professor of Philosophy at UNC Chapel Hill 2009-13 and at Rutgers 2013-16.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780192856135
• ISBN-10: 0192856138
• Artikelnr.: 62536931