Real Essentialism

David S. Oderberg

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Language: English

Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB, 2009

041587212X / 9780415872126

Series: Book 5 of 207 - Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

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Real Essentialism presents a comprehensive defence of neo-Aristotelian essentialism. Do objects have essences? Must they be the kinds of things they are in spite of the changes they undergo? Can we know what things are really like - can we define and classify reality? Many, if not most, philosophers doubt this, influenced by centuries of empiricism, and by the anti-essentialism of Wittgenstein, Quine, Popper, and other thinkers. Real Essentialism reinvigorates the tradition of realist, essentialist metaphysics, defending the reality and knowability of essence, the possibility of objective, immutable definition, and its relevance to contemporary scientific and metaphysical issues such as whether essence transcends physics and chemistry, the essence of life, the nature of biological species, and the nature of the person.

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Title
Real Essentialism
Author
David S. Oderberg
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB
Publication year
2009
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New
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Language
English
ISBN 10
041587212X
ISBN 13
9780415872126
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Series
Book 5 of 207: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

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