The Structure Of Objects - Brossura

Koslicki, Kathrin

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ISBN 10: 0199592519 ISBN 13: 9780199592517

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2010

Riassunto

The objects we encounter in ordinary life and scientific practice ― cars, trees, people, houses, molecules, galaxies, and the like ― have long been a fruitful source of perplexity for metaphysicians. The Structure of Objects gives an original analysis of those material objects to which we take ourselves to be committed in our ordinary, scientifically informed discourse. Koslicki focuses on material objects in particular, or, as metaphysicians like to call them "concrete particulars", i.e., objects which occupy a single region of space-time at each time at which they exist and which have a certain range of properties that go along with space-occupancy, such as weight, shape, color, texture, and temperature. The Structure of Objects focuses in particular on the question of how the parts of such objects, assuming that they have parts, are related to the wholes which they compose.

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Recensione:

Review from previous edition Philosophers interested in mereological issues will profit from Koslicki's book. (Paul Hovda, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)

L'autore:

Kathrin Koslicki is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her interests are metaphysics, philosophy of language, and ancient Greek philosophy, particularly Aristotle.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199592519
• ISBN 13: 9780199592517
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 312