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Classifying Reality de David S. Oderberg

Classifying Reality

Autor David S. Oderberg
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 apr 2013
Distinguished metaphysicians examine issues central to the high-profile debate between philosophers over how to classify the natural world, and discuss issues in applied ontology such as the classification of diseases. * Leading metaphysicians explore fundamental questions related to the classification and structure of the natural world * An essential commentary on issues at the heart of the contemporary debate between philosophy and science * Interweaves discussion of overarching themes with detailed material on applied ontology
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781118508350
ISBN-10: 1118508351
Pagini: 140
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Academics, researchers and professional philosophers working in metaphysics and philosophy of science

Notă biografică

David S. Oderberg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author or editor of several books in metaphysics and moral philosophy, and has contributed numerous journal articles on metaphysics, moral philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, and other topics. Professor Oderberg's texts on Moral Theory and Applied Ethics were both published by Blackwell in 2000, while his most recent book, Real Essentialism (2007), sets out a neo-Aristotelian system of metaphysics.

Cuprins

Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction 1
1 Categorial Predication 5
E. J. Lowe
2 Nature's Joints: A Realistic Defence of Natural Properties 23
D. H. Mellor
3 Boundaries in Reality 41
Tuomas E. Tahko
4 Contrastive Explanations in Evolutionary Biology 61
Stephen Boulter
5 Animate Beings: Their Nature and Identity 79
Gary S. Rosenkrantz
6 Classifying Processes: An Essay in Applied Ontology 101
Barry Smith
Index 127

Descriere

Assembling the views of today s leading metaphysicians on primary issues concerning the structure of reality and its taxonomy, this collection gets straight to the heart of one of the most hotly contested debates between philosophers and scientists.