The Problem of Universals in Contemporary Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781107498341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 241 str.

Gabriele Galluzzo; Michael J. Loux

Opis

This book provides a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the contemporary metaphysical debate on the problem of universals.

Spis treści

Introduction Gabriele Galluzzo and Michael J. Loux; 1. An exercise in constituent ontology Michael J. Loux; 2. Against ontological structure Peter Van Inwagen; 3. In defense of substantial universals E. J. Lowe; 4. A kind farewell to Platonism: for an Aristotelian understanding of kinds and properties Gabriele Galluzzo; 5. Universals in a world of particulars John Heil; 6. Is trope theory a divided house? Robert K. Garcia; 7. Tropes and the generality of laws Sophie Gibb; 8. On the origins of order: non-symmetric or only symmetric relation? Fraser MacBride; 9. States of affairs and the relation regress Anna-Sofia Maurin.