Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics

ISBN-13: 9780198802235 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 384 str.

Thomas Hofweber

Opis

Thomas Hofweber explores four major metaphysical debates tied to ontology: the philosophy of arithmetic, the metaphysics of ordinary objects, the problem of universals, and the nature of the fact-like aspect of reality. He defends metaphysics as having some questions of fact distinctly its own, but rejects several metaphysical approaches.

Recenzje

Rich and rewarding ... Hofweber offers a beautiful picture of natural numbers, properties, and facts.

O autorze

Thomas Hofweber is professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research specializes in metaphysics and the philosophy of language. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Munich, before completing his PhD at Stanford University. Before moving to North Carolina, he taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.