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The universe as we find it / John Heil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heil., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reality.
- Metaphysics.
- Ontology.
- First philosophy.
- Cosmology.
- Universe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages)
- Edition:
- 1版.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What does reality encompass? Is it exclusively physical, or does it include mental and 'abstract' aspects? What are the elements of being, reality's raw materials? This volume offers answers to these questions framed in terms of a comprehensive metaphysics of substances and properties inspired by Descartes, Locke, and their successors.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Substance
- Substance stressed
- Properties
- Universals
- Causing
- Relations
- Truthmaking
- Reduction, kinds, and essences
- Mind and mentality
- Consciousness
- Conscious thought
- The ontological turn.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2012).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-873897-8
- 1-283-57694-5
- 9786613889393
- 0-19-163284-8
- OCLC:
- 922971078
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