Relations / John Heil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heil, John, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in metaphysics 2633-9862

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relation (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Historically, philosophical discussions of relations have featured chiefly as afterthoughts, loose ends to be addressed only after coming to terms with more important and pressing metaphysical issues. F. H. Bradley stands out as an exception. Understanding Bradley's views on relations and their significance today requires an appreciation of the alternatives, which in turn requires an understanding of how relations have traditionally been classified and how philosophers have struggled to capture their nature and their ontological standing. Positions on these topics range from the rejection of relations altogether, to their being awarded the status as grounds for everything else, to various intermediary positions along this spectrum. Love them, hate them, or merely tolerate them, no philosopher engaged in ontologically serious metaphysics can afford to ignore relations.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Oct 2021).

ISBN:

9781108946186

1108946186

9781108945424

1108945422

9781108939904

1108939902

OCLC:

1492978378