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Varieties of things : foundations of contemporary metaphysics / Cynthia Macdonald
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TextPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005Description: x, 278 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780631186946 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- 0631186948
- 9780631186953 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0631186956
- ARCH YNDC 110 M135V 21
- BD111 .M19 2005
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Summary: This text explores the different ontological categories of things that we encounter in everyday life, including material substances, persons, abstract things and universals. It also contains a thorough discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics
Metaphysics and its tools -- The nature and function of metaphysics -- Some tools of metaphysics -- Particulars -- Material substances -- Persons and personal identity -- Events -- Universals -- Universals and the realism/nominalism dispute
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-271) and index
Metaphysics and its tools -- The nature and function of metaphysics -- Some tools of metaphysics -- Particulars -- Material substances -- Persons and personal identity -- Events -- Universals -- Universals and the realism/nominalism dispute
This text explores the different ontological categories of things that we encounter in everyday life, including material substances, persons, abstract things and universals. It also contains a thorough discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics
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