Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-959061-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 288 g

David Armstrong sets out his metaphysical system in a set of concise and lively chapters each dealing with one aspect of the world. He begins with the assumption that all that exists is the physical world of space-time. On this foundation he constructs a coherent metaphysical scheme that gives plausible answers to many of the great problems of metaphysics. He gives accounts of properties, relations, and particulars; laws of nature; modality; abstract objects such as
numbers; and time and mind.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Armstrong, D. M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1: Introduction
2: Properties
3: Relations
4: States of Affairs
5: Laws of Nature
6: Reacting to Dispositionalism
7: Particulars
8: Truthmakers
9: Possibility, Actuality, Necessity
10: Limits
11: Absences
12: The Rational disciplines: Logic and Mathematics
13: Numbers
14: Classes
15: Time
16: Mind
References

Über Autor(innen)

David Armstrong was Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney until his retirement in 1992