Existence and Nature

New Perspectives

Camposampiero Favaretti Matteo, Matteo Plebani (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

122 Seiten

2012
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-032154-8 (ISBN)

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Is all that exists part of the natural world? If there are non-natural entities, what is their difference from natural things? Is the human-independent realm of nature the only paradigm for ontological respectability, as naturalism claims? Can existence be simply explained away by means of formal devices? Philosophers keep struggling with such questions. Still, the two basic notions involved, that of existence and that of nature, have not yet been fully explored. The four essays collected here address the issue from the points of view of the philosophy of mathematics, of analytic ontology, of early modern philosophy, and of contemporary phenomenology. The results will surprise the reader: difficult topics are unlocked, long-received views are called into question, and new perspectives are opened.

Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero is post-doctoral fellow at the Ca Foscari University of Venice. He is primarily interested in early modern metaphysics and theory of knowledge.

Matteo Plebani is post-doctoral fellow at the Ca Foscari University of Venice. He works on nominalist and fictionalist strategies in the philosophy of mathematics and on fictionalism in ontology.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.11.2012
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	276 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Naturalismus • Ontologie • Philosophie
ISBN-10	3-11-032154-8 / 3110321548
ISBN-13	978-3-11-032154-8 / 9783110321548
Zustand	Neuware