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Substance and the Fundamentality of the Familiar - A Neo-Aristotelian Mereology (Hardcover)
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Substance and the Fundamentality of the Familiar - A Neo-Aristotelian Mereology (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
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Substance and the Fundamentality of the Familiar explicates and
defends a novel neo-Aristotelian account of the structure of
material objects. While there have been numerous treatments of
properties, laws, causation, and modality in the neo-Aristotelian
metaphysics literature, this book is one of the first full-length
treatments of wholes and their parts. Another aim of the book is to
further develop the newly revived area concerning the question of
fundamental mereology, the question of whether wholes are
metaphysically prior to their parts or vice versa. Inman develops a
fundamental mereology with a grounding-based conception of the
structure and unity of substances at its core, what he calls
substantial priority, one that distinctively allows for the
fundamentality of ordinary, medium-sized composite objects. He
offers both empirical and philosophical considerations against the
view that the parts of every composite object are metaphysically
prior, in particular the view that ascribes ontological pride of
place to the smallest microphysical parts of composite objects,
which currently dominates debates in metaphysics, philosophy of
science, and philosophy of mind. Ultimately, he demonstrates that
substantial priority is well-motivated in virtue of its offering a
unified solution to a host of metaphysical problems involving
material objects.
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