E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten, E-Book
Reihe: Ratio Special Issues
ISBN: 978-1-118-50833-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
* Leading metaphysicians explore fundamental questions related to the classification and structure of the natural world
* An essential commentary on issues at the heart of the contemporary debate between philosophy and science
* Interweaves discussion of overarching themes with detailed material on applied ontology
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Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction 1
1 Categorial Predication 5
E. J. Lowe
2 Nature's Joints: A Realistic Defence of NaturalProperties 23
D. H. Mellor
3 Boundaries in Reality 41
Tuomas E. Tahko
4 Contrastive Explanations in Evolutionary Biology 61
Stephen Boulter
5 Animate Beings: Their Nature and Identity 79
Gary S. Rosenkrantz
6 Classifying Processes: An Essay in Applied Ontology 101
Barry Smith
Index 127