Substance : its nature and existence / Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Joshua.

Hoffman Rosenkrantz Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Rosenkrantz, Gary S.

Series:

Problems of philosophy (Routledge (Firm))

The problems of philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Substance has been a leading idea in the history of Western philosophy. Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz explain the nature and existence of individual substances, including both living things and inanimate objects. Specifically written for students new to this important and often complex subject, Substance provides both the historical and contemporary overview of the debate.Great Philosophers of the past, such as Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Locke, and Berkeley were profoundly interested in the concept of substance. And, the authors argue, a bel

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The concept of substance in history; An independence theory of substance; On the unity of the parts of mereological compounds; On the unity of the parts of organisms; What kinds of physical substances are there?; Appendix: Organisms and natural kinds; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-18503-1

9786610185030

0-203-05006-1

9780203050064

OCLC:

70749812