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Ontology
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The philosophical study of what exists and what it means for something to exist is one of the core concerns of metaphysics. This introduction to ontology provides readers with a comprehensive account of the central ideas of the subject of being. This book is divided into two parts. The first part explores questions of pure philosophical ontology: what is meant by the concept of being, why there exists something rather than nothing, and why there is only one logically contingent actual world. Dale Jacquette shows how logic provides the only possible answers to these fundamental problems. The second part of the book examines issues of applied scientific ontology. Jacquette offers a critical survey of some of the most influential traditional ontologies, such as the distinction between appearance and reality, and the categories of substance and transcendence. The ontology of physical entities - space, time, matter and causation - is examined as well as the ontology of abstract entities such as sets, numbers, properties, relations and propositions. The special problems posed by the subjectivity of mind and of postulating a god are also explored in detail. The final chapter examines the ontology of culture, language and art.
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Topic
PhilosophySubtopic
Philosophy History & TheoryIndex
a posteriori 23, 104
a priori 18–24, 27, 29, 33, 35, 37–8, 41–3, 94–6, 102, 104, 134–5, 194; n. 283, 285, 299
Abela, P. 298
aboutness 235, 244: see intentionality
abstract xiii, 5, 13–17, 43, 49, 51, 56, 58–9, 61–2, 64–6, 71, 75, 84, 86, 93, 100, 112, 115–19, 121, 135, 147, 152–3, 156, 158, 167–8, 173–6, 179, 182, 188, 191–2, 196–7, 201, 206–36, 240–41, 243–6, 248, 254, 256–9, 261–2, 267–70, 272–4, 276, 278–80; n. 283, 285, 288, 290, 294–6, 299–302; abstract entity 5, 16, 56, 61–2, 66, 75, 84, 86, 100, 112, 115–16, 121, 135, 153, 158, 167–8, 173–6, 182, 188, 192, 197, 201, 206–18, 220–33, 235–6, 240–41, 243–4, 246, 254, 256–7, 259, 262, 267–70, 272–3, 276, 278–9; n. 288, 290, 294–5, 300, 302; abstract object xiii, 15–16, 61, 65–6, 86, 112, 117–19, 152, 179, 216, 219, 231, 280; n. 285; abstract particular 208–9, 216, 218, 229; abstract state of affairs 223; abstracta 208–9; abstraction xii, 200, 213; n. 302
accident, accidental 14, 23, 38, 60, 194; accidental being 14; accidental characteristics 38; accidental property 60
action 8, 22, 26, 33, 131, 146, 152, 198, 201, 237,...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Being as such
- I Pure philosophical ontology
- II Applied ontology and the metaphysics of science
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index