Mereology and Location
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2014
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-959382-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-959382-8 (ISBN)
A team of leading philosophers presents original work on theories of parthood and location. Topics covered include how we ought to axiomatise our mereology; whether we can reduce mereological relations to identity or to locative relations; whether Mereological Essentialism is true; and what mereology and propositions can tell us about one another.
A team of leading philosophers presents original work on theories of parthood and of location. Topics covered include how we ought to axiomatise our mereology, whether we can reduce mereological relations to identity or to locative relations, whether Mereological Essentialism is true, different ways in which entities persist through space, time, spacetime, and even hypertime, conflicting intuitions we have about space, and what mereology and propositions can tell us about one another. The breadth and accessibility of the papers make this volume an excellent introduction for those not yet working on these topics. Further, the papers contain important contributions to these central areas of metaphysics, and thus are essential reading for anyone working in the field.
A team of leading philosophers presents original work on theories of parthood and of location. Topics covered include how we ought to axiomatise our mereology, whether we can reduce mereological relations to identity or to locative relations, whether Mereological Essentialism is true, different ways in which entities persist through space, time, spacetime, and even hypertime, conflicting intuitions we have about space, and what mereology and propositions can tell us about one another. The breadth and accessibility of the papers make this volume an excellent introduction for those not yet working on these topics. Further, the papers contain important contributions to these central areas of metaphysics, and thus are essential reading for anyone working in the field.
Shieva Kleinschmidt is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California, working in metaphysics. She has published in Philosophical Perspectives, Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophical Studies.
INTRODUCTION ; MEREOLOGY ; 1. THE MANY PRIMITIVES OF MEREOLOGY ; 2. PARTHOOD IS IDENTITY ; 3. MEREOLOGY AND MODALITY ; MEREOLOGY AND LOCATION ; 4. WHERE IT'S AT: MODES OF OCCUPATION AND KINDS OF OCCUPANT ; 5. A SPATIAL APPROACH TO MEREOLOGY ; 6. BALLS AND ALL ; 7. CONFLICTING INTUITIONS ABOUT SPACE ; INTERACTION WITH OTHER TOPICS ; 8. TRANSHYPERTIME IDENTITY ; 9. PARTS OF PROPOSITIONS ; 10. MEREOLOGICAL SUMS AND SINGULAR TERMS ; Notes on the Contributors ; Bibliography ; Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.1.2014 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 584 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-959382-5 / 0199593825 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-959382-8 / 9780199593828 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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