Favaretti / Camposampiero / Plebani Existence and Nature

New Perspectives
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-032180-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 122 Seiten

Is all that exists part of the natural world? If there are non-natural entities, what is their difference from natural things? Is the human-independent realm of nature the only paradigm for ontological respectability, as naturalism claims? Can existence be simply explained away by means of formal devices? Philosophers keep struggling with such questions. Still, the two basic notions involved, that of existence and that of nature, have not yet been fully explored. The four essays collected here address the issue from the points of view of the philosophy of mathematics, of analytic ontology, of early modern philosophy, and of contemporary phenomenology. The results will surprise the reader: difficult topics are unlocked, long-received views are called into question, and new perspectives are opened.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Favaretti, Camposampiero, Matteo

Favaretti, Camposampiero

Camposampiero,

Plebani, Matteo

Favaretti, Matteo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Analytische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;Introduction;7
3;A Naturalistic Paradox: Existence and Nature in the Philosophy of Mathematics;15
4;“To Be Is to Have Causal Powers”: Existence and Nature in Analytic Metaphysics;39
5;Dividing Fiction from Reality: Existence and Nature in Christian Wolff’s Metaphysics;71
6;“Nature Is the Realm of the Incomprehensible” (E. Husserl, 1920): Existence and Nature, with a Phenomenological Tale;105