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The language of ontology / edited by J. T. M. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Mind Association occasional series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ontology--Congresses.
- Ontology.
- Language and languages--Philosophy--Congresses.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustration
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The Langage of Ontology addresses the question of is whether the nature of language influences or limits debates about what exists. Chapters from both established and new voices explore the range of issues relating to our ability or inability to get beyond the limits of our language.
- Contents:
- Ontology by stipulation / Eli Hirsch
- Are ontological questiosn really meaningless? / Delia Belleri
- Collapse and the varieties of quantifier variance / Matti Eklund
- Ontological expressivism / Vera Flocke
- Why our natural languages are ideal languages for metaphysics / Thomas Hofweber
- What counts as a 'good' metaphysical language? / J. T. M. Miller
- The questions of ontology / Richard Woodward
- What "X does not exist" says about we who do exist / Stephen Yablo
- Structural pluralism / Alessandro Torza
- Levels of ontology and natural language: the case of the ontology of parts and wholes / Friederike Moltmann.
- Notes:
- "The papers in this volume were presented at 'The Language of Ontology', a conference held in September 2017 at Trinity College Dublin"--Page vi.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-191615-3
- 0-19-264853-5
- OCLC:
- 1255230324
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