Properties, Powers and Structures, 

Автор: Sophie R. Allen
Название: A Critical Introduction to Properties
ISBN: 1472575601 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472575609
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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What do blue things have in common? Or electrons? Or planets? Distinct things appear to share properties; but what are properties and what is the best philosophical account of them? A Critical Introduction to Properties introduces different ontological accounts of properties, exploring how their formulation is shaped by the explanatory demands placed upon them.

This accessible introduction begins with a discussion of universals, tropes, sets and resemblance classes, the major objections to them and their responses, providing readers with a firm grasp on the competing ontological accounts of what (if anything) grounds similarity and difference. It then explores issues concerning the formulation and justification of property theories such as: how many properties are there? Should we accept a sparse ontology of properties, or an abundant one? Can we make a distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic properties? Do properties have their causal roles necessarily? What is the relationship between properties and other metaphysical phenomena such as causality, laws and modality? These questions get to the heart of why a coherent theory of properties is so important to metaphysics, and to philosophy more generally.

By concluding with the question of the ontological status of properties, the reader is introduced to some Carnapian and contemporary themes about the content and methodology of metaphysics. For students looking for an accessible resource and a more comprehensive understanding of contemporary metaphysics, A Critical Introduction to Properties is a valuable starting point.

Автор: Alexander Bird, Brian Ellis, Howard Sankey
Название: Properties, Powers and Structures: Issues in the Metaphysics of Realism
ISBN: 0415895359 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415895354
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Proceedings of a conference held in July 2009 at the University of Melbourne.

Автор: Fenstad
Название: Structures and Algorithms
ISBN: 331972973X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319729732
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: 1.Preface.- 2.Introduction.- 3.Mathematics and the nature of knowledge - an introductory essay.- 4.The miraculous left hand - Leonardo and the nature of knowledge.- 5.Relationships between the social and natural sciences.- 6.Changes in the knowledge system and their implications for the formative stage of scholars.- 7.Remarks on the science and technology of language.- 8.How mathematics is rooted in life.- 9.Tarski, truth and natural languages.- 10.Formal semantics, geometry and mind.- 11.Discours, Interaction and Communication.- 12.On what there is - infinitesimals and the nature of numbers.

Название: Nominalism about Properties
ISBN: 1138849936 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138849938
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Nominalism, which has its origins in the Middle Ages and continues into the Twenty-First Century, is the doctrine that there are no universals. This book is unique in bringing together essays on the history of nominalism and essays that present a systematic discussion of nominalism. It introduces the reader to the distinction between particulars and universals, to the difficulties posed by this distinction, and to the main motivations for the rejection of universals. It also describes the main varieties of nominalism about properties and provides tools to understand how they developed in the history of Western Philosophy. All essays are new and are written by experts on the topic, and they advance the discussion about nominalism to a new level.

Автор: Theo A.F. Kuipers
Название: Structures in Science
ISBN: 0792371178 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780792371175
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Описание: Aims at providing heuristic patterns for research. This book introduces four types of research programs and reanimates the distinction between observational laws and proper theories. It explicates various patterns of explanation by subsumption and specification as well as structures in reductive and other types of interlevel research.

Автор: Ehring Douglas
Название: Tropes: Properties, Objects, and Mental Causation
ISBN: 0198703031 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198703037
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Properties and objects are everywhere, but remain a philosophical mystery. Douglas Ehring argues that the idea of tropes-properties and relations understood as particulars-provides the best foundation for a metaphysical account of properties and objects. He develops and defends a new theory of trope nominalism.

Автор: Robert M. Francescotti
Название: Companion to Intrinsic Properties
ISBN: 3110290863 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110290868
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
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Описание: what makes a property intrinsic? What exactly does the intrinsic/extrinsic distinction rest upon, and how can we reasonably justify this distinction? These questions bear great importance on central debates in such diverse philosophical fields as ethics (What is the nature of intrinsic value?), philosophy of mind (Does mental content supervene on internal bodily features?), epistemology (Can intrinsic duplicates differ in the justification of their beliefs?) and philosophy of science (Do the causal powers of an object depend on its extrinsic features?) – to only name a few. Given the central relevance of the intrinsic/extrinsic distinction to philosophical research, a collection of pertinent essays on the topic is an essential addition to the literature. It helps to identify more clearly the problems and arguments that are at stake. The anthology provides a comprehensive overview of central facets of the debates, including both crucial earlier and important new contributions by leading philosophers. As such it constitutes an indispensable component of any serious study of the topic.

Автор: Yablo Stephen
Название: Things: Papers on Objects, Events, and Properties
ISBN: 0199266492 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199266494
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Things is a collection of twelve essays by Stephen Yablo on identity, essence, causation, properties, ontology, and metaontology, with an emphasis on the metaontology of abstract objects. Almost all of Yablo`s published work on these topics is collected here, along with the previously unpublished "Carving Content at the Joints."