Ontology after Carnap / edited by Stephan Blatti and Sandra Lapointe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blatti, Stephan, 1975- editor.

Lapointe, Sandra, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970.

Carnap, Rudolf.

Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970--Criticism and interpretation.

Ontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 244 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Rudolf Carnap's deflationary approach to ontology is once again attracting considerable interest and support. Eleven original essays by leading voices in metametaphysics deepen our understanding of Carnap's contributions to metaontology, and explore how his legacy can be mined for insights into the contemporary debate.

Contents:

1.Carnap's Big Idea / Thomas Hofweber

2.Three Carnaps on Ontology / Robert Kraut

3.Frameworks and Deflation in "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology" and Recent Metametaphysics / Alan Sidelle

4.Carnap, the Necessary A Posteriori, and Metaphysical Anti-realism / Jessica Wilson

5.Three Degrees of Carnapian Tolerance / Eli Hirsch

6.Carnap and the Prospects for Easy Ontology / Amie Thomasson

7.Much Ado about Something-from-Nothing; or, Problems for Ontological Minimalism / Simon Evnine

8.Carnaps Legacy for the Contemporary Metaontological Debate / Matti Eklund

9.Carnap and Ontology: Foreign Travel and Domestic Understanding / Richard Creath

10.Carnap on Abstract and Theoretical Entities / Gregory Lavers

11.Questions of Ontology / Kathrin Koslicki.

Notes:

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

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Ontology after Carnap.

ISBN:

0-19-174836-6

0-19-163804-8