This book is about how things are. It starts from the principles of a descriptive (i.e. everyday ontological ) ontology of things to develop a theory about the title question that is based on the notion of mode . Modes are concrete, individual determinants of things. The power of the theory is then tested to determine its usefulness for developing an ontology of things.
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This book is about how things are. It starts from the principles of a descriptive (i.e. everyday ontological ) ontology of things to develop a theo...
