Axiomatic Formal Ontology

ISBN-13: 9789048148981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 398 str.

Uwe Meixner

Opis

Axiomatic Formal Ontology is a fairly comprehensive systematic treatise on general metaphysics. The axiomatic method is applied throughout the book. Its main theme is the construction of a general non-set-theoretical theory of intensional entities. Other important matters discussed are the metaphysics of modality, the nature of actual existence, mereology and the taxonomy of entities.

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction. I. The Ontology of States of Affairs. II. Ontology of Properties and Mereology. III. Full Ontology Limited to Properties of Individuals. IV. Universal Intensional Ontology. Epilogue. Appendix: Principles, Proofs and Definitions. Index of Subjects. Index of Names. Literature.

O autorze

Uwe Meixner is professor of philosophy at the University of Regensburg, Germany, and guest lecturer at the Saints Methodius and Cyril Theological Institute in Minsk, Belarus. He is one of the most distinguished metaphysicians in Germany. His main interests are metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, logic, and the history of philosophy.