Substance and Attribute - A Study in Ontology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978)

In this book I address a dichotomy that is as central as any in ontology - that between ordinary objects or substances and the various attributes (Le., properties, kinds, and relations) we associate with them. My aim is to arrive at the correct philosophical account of each member of the dichotomy. What I shall argue is that the various attempts to understand substances or attri butes in reductive terms fail. Talk about attributes, I shall try to show, is just that - talk about attributes; and, likewise, talk about substances is just tha- talk about substances. The result is what many will find a strange combina tion of views - a Platonistic theory of attributes, where attributes are univer sals or multiply exemplifiable entities whose existence is independent of "the world of flux," and an Aristotelian theory of substance, where substances are basic unities not reducible to metaphysically more fundamental kinds of things. Part One is concerned with the ontology of attributes. After distinguishing three different patterns of metaphysical thinking about attributes, I examine, in turn, the phenomena of predication, resemblance, and higher order quanti fication. I argue that none of these phenomena by itself is sufficient to establish the inescapability of a Platonistic interpretation of attributes. Then, I discuss the phenomenon of abstract reference as it is exhibited in the use of abstract singular terms."

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Philosophical Studies Series, 14
Release date:	November 1978
First published:	1978
Authors:	Michael J. Loux
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	188
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978
ISBN-13:	978-90-277-0955-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
LSN:	90-277-0955-6
Barcode:	9789027709554

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