The Existence of the World: An Introduction to Ontology (Routledge Library Editions: Metaphysics) - Softcover

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Grossmann, Reinhardt

 
9780367194055: The Existence of the World: An Introduction to Ontology (Routledge Library Editions: Metaphysics)
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ISBN 10: 0367194058 ISBN 13: 9780367194055
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Originally published in 1992. The history of Western philosophy can be seen as a battle between those that insist that the "physical universe" exists and those would claim that there is a much larger "world" which contains atemporal and nonspatial things as well. The central part of this book, and the battle, concerns the existence of universals. Starting with the mediaeval definition of the issue found in Porphry and Boethius, the author then considers modern and contemporary versions of the battle. He concludes that what is at stake between naturalists and ontologists is the existence and nature of a number of important categories, like structures, relations, sets, numbers and so on.

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Reinhardt Grossmann

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367194058
ISBN 13 
9780367194055
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
150

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