Ontology made easy / Amie L. Thomasson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomasson, Amie L. (Amie Lynn), 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2014

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume aims to develop the easy approach to ontology, showing how it leads to both a first-order simple realism about the disputed entities and a form of metaontological deflationism that takes ontological disputes themselves to be misguided, since existence questions may be answered by straightforward conceptual and/or empirical work. It also aims to defend the easy approach against a range of objections and to show it to be a viable and attractive alternative to hard ontology.

Contents:

Ontology Made Easy Introduction: The Forgotten Easy Approach I.1 The Historical Backstory I.2 The Rise of Neo-Quineanism I.3 The Easy Approach to Ontology: A Preliminary Sketch I.4 The Plan of This Book Part I Developing Easy Ontology Part II Defending Easy Ontology Conclusion: The Importance of Not Being Earnest C.1 The Empirical, Conceptual, and Pragmatic Case for Deflationism C.2 Metaphysics in a New Key?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-087866-5

0-19-938513-0

0-19-938512-2

OCLC:

893673815