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