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The Four-Category Ontology
A Metaphysical Foundation for Natural Science
Buch von E J Lowe
Sprache: Englisch

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E. J. Lowe, a prominent figure in contemporary metaphysics, sets out and defends his theory of what there is. His four-category ontology is a metaphysical system which recognizes four fundamental categories of beings: substantial and non-substantial particulars and substantial and non-substantial universals. Lowe argues that this system has an explanatory power which is unrivaled by more parsimonious theories and that this counts decisively in its favor. He shows that it provides a powerful explanatory framework for a unified account of causation, dispositions, natural laws, natural necessity and many other related matters, thus constituting a full metaphysical foundation for natural science.
E. J. Lowe, a prominent figure in contemporary metaphysics, sets out and defends his theory of what there is. His four-category ontology is a metaphysical system which recognizes four fundamental categories of beings: substantial and non-substantial particulars and substantial and non-substantial universals. Lowe argues that this system has an explanatory power which is unrivaled by more parsimonious theories and that this counts decisively in its favor. He shows that it provides a powerful explanatory framework for a unified account of causation, dispositions, natural laws, natural necessity and many other related matters, thus constituting a full metaphysical foundation for natural science.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • I. Metaphysics, Ontology, and Logic

  • 1: Ontological Categories and Categorical Schemes

  • 2: The Four-Category Ontology and its Rivals

  • 3: Some Formal Ontological Relations

  • 4: Formal Ontology and Logical Syntax

  • II. Objects and Properties

  • 5: The Concept of an Object in Formal Ontology

  • 6: Properties, Modes, and Universals

  • 7: Ramsey's Problem and its Solution

  • III. Metaphysics and Natural Science

  • 8: Dispositions Natural Laws

  • 9: Kinds, Essence, and Natural Necessity

  • 10: Categorial Ontology and Scientific Essentialism

  • IV. Truth, Truthmaking, and Metaphysical Realism

  • 11: Metaphysical Realism and the Unity of Truth

  • 12: Truthmaking, Necessity, and Essential Dependence

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780199254392
ISBN-10: 0199254397
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lowe, E J
Hersteller: Oxford University Press (UK)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 242 x 165 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: E J Lowe
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.02.2006
Gewicht: 0,503 kg
Artikel-ID: 120663625
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • I. Metaphysics, Ontology, and Logic

  • 1: Ontological Categories and Categorical Schemes

  • 2: The Four-Category Ontology and its Rivals

  • 3: Some Formal Ontological Relations

  • 4: Formal Ontology and Logical Syntax

  • II. Objects and Properties

  • 5: The Concept of an Object in Formal Ontology

  • 6: Properties, Modes, and Universals

  • 7: Ramsey's Problem and its Solution

  • III. Metaphysics and Natural Science

  • 8: Dispositions Natural Laws

  • 9: Kinds, Essence, and Natural Necessity

  • 10: Categorial Ontology and Scientific Essentialism

  • IV. Truth, Truthmaking, and Metaphysical Realism

  • 11: Metaphysical Realism and the Unity of Truth

  • 12: Truthmaking, Necessity, and Essential Dependence

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780199254392
ISBN-10: 0199254397
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lowe, E J
Hersteller: Oxford University Press (UK)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 242 x 165 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: E J Lowe
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.02.2006
Gewicht: 0,503 kg
Artikel-ID: 120663625
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