Metaphysics and scientific realism : essays in honour of David Malet Armstrong / Francesco F. Calemi (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calemi, Francesco F., editor.

Series:

Eide ; Volume 9.

Eide : Foundations of Ontology, 2198-1841 ; Volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Realism.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Armstrong, D. M. (David Malet), 1926-2014.

Armstrong, D. M.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Malet Armstrong (8 July 1926–13 May 2014) has been one of the most influential contemporary metaphysicians working in the analytic tradition and surely the greatest 20th century Australian philosopher. His main merit is to have reestablished metaphysics as a respectable branch of philosophy placing it at the centre of the philosophical debate, and giving it the status of an authoritative and competent interlocutor of both rational and empirical sciences. By means of a rigorously argumentative approach and a sharp prose, Armstrong has built a whole metaphysical system, that is, a comprehensive and unified picture of the fundamental structure of the world. The various chapters of the book address the key issues concerning Armstrong' view about the problem of universals, the nature of states of affairs, the ontological ground of possibility, nomic necessity, and dispositions, the truth maker theory, and the theory of mind. This volume aims to celebrate Armstrong’s memory bringing new understanding, and hopefully stimulating more work, on his philosophy, with the conviction that it constitutes an invaluable heritage for contemporary research in metaphysics.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Mirage Realism Revisited

Ostrich Nominalism or Ostrich Platonism?

In Defense of Transcendent Universals

Armstrong and Tropes

Tropes: For and Against

Facts: An Essay in Aporetics

Armstrong’s Hidden Substantialism

Persisting Particulars and their Properties

Armstrong on Dispositions and Laws of Nature

Recombination for Combinatorialists

Who’s Afraid of Non-Existent Manifestations?

Armstrong on Truthmaking and Realism

From Translations to Truthmakers

Armstrong’s Supervenience and Ontological Dependence

Naturalism as a Background Metaphysics

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110455007

3110455005

9783110455915

3110455919

OCLC:

979690607