Amie Thomasson

Ordinary Objects

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Produktbeschreibung

Arguments that ordinary inanimate objects such as tables and chairs, sticks and stones, simply do not exist have become increasingly common and increasingly prominent. Some are based on demands for parsimony or for a non-arbitrary answer to the special composition question; others arise from prohibitions against causal redundancy, ontological vagueness, or co-location; and others still come from worries that a common sense ontology would be a rival to a scientificone. Until now, little has been done to address these arguments in a unified and systematic way. ORDINARY OBJECTS is designed to fill this gap.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 141mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 359g
• ISBN-13: 9780199764440
• ISBN-10: 0199764441
• Artikelnr.: 30357819

Autorenporträt

Amie Thomasson is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Problems of Causal Redundancy
Analyticity and Conceptual Content
Identity, Persistence, and Modality
Problems of Collocation
Problems of Vagueness
Handling Experience Questions
The Special Composition Problem
Problems of Rivalry with Science
Parsimony and Ontological Commitment
A Coherent Common Sense View
The Methods of Metaphysics
Notes
Bibliography
Index