Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 7 June 2018
- ISBN 9780198802235
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages382 pages
- Size 234x156x21 mm
- Weight 582 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Thomas Hofweber explores four major metaphysical debates tied to ontology: the philosophy of arithmetic, the metaphysics of ordinary objects, the problem of universals, and the nature of the fact-like aspect of reality. He defends metaphysics as having some questions of fact distinctly its own, but rejects several metaphysical approaches.
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Many significant problems in metaphysics are tied to ontological questions, but ontology and its relation to larger questions in metaphysics give rise to a series of puzzles that suggest that we don't fully understand what ontology is supposed to do, nor what ambitions metaphysics can have for finding out about what the world is like. Thomas Hofweber aims to solve these puzzles about ontology and consequently to make progress on four metaphysical debates tied to ontology: the philosophy of arithmetic, the metaphysics of ordinary objects, the problem of universals, and the question of whether the fact-like aspect of reality is independent of us. Crucial parts of the proposed solution involve considerations about quantification and its relationship to ontology, the place of reference in natural languages, the relationship between syntactic form and focus, whether there could be any ineffable facts, and others.
Overall, Hofweber defends a rationalist account of arithmetic, an empiricist picture in the philosophy of ordinary objects, a restricted from of nominalism, and realism about reality, understood as all there is, but idealism about reality, understood as all that is the case. He defends metaphysics as having some questions of fact that are distinctly its own, with a limited form of autonomy from other parts of inquiry, but rejects several metaphysical projects and approaches as being based on a mistake.
this is a fantastic book ... It is highly original, full of interesting ideas, impressive in its scope, and manages to be accessible without sacrificing rigor. ... it deserves to have a lasting impact on the field.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Ontology and metaphysics
Innocent statements
Quantification
Internalism, externalism, ontology
Talk about natural numbers
The philosophy of arithmetic
Ordinary objects
Talk about properties and propositions
Inexpressible properties
Ineffable facts
Objects, properties, universals
The philosophical project of ontology
Esoteric and egalitarian metaphysics
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
