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Metaphysics and scientific realism : essays in honour of David Malet Armstrong / Francesco F. Calemi (Ed.).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Eide ; v. 9.Publisher: Boston ; Berlin : Walter de Gruyter Inc., [2016]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 262 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110455915
  • 3110455919
  • 9783110455007
  • 3110455005
  • 9783110455922
  • 3110455927
  • 9783110578263
  • 3110578263
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Metaphysics and scientific realism.DDC classification:
  • 199/.94 23
LOC classification:
  • B5704.A754 M48 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction ; Mirage Realism Revisited ; 1 Introduction ; 2 The one over many problem ; 3 Devitt's charge of mirage realism ; 4 The one over many problem and Armstrong's world of states of affairs ; 5 Instantiation as partial identity.
6 The one over many problem and the Platonic view of universals Ostrich Nominalism or Ostrich Platonism? ; 1 What is it like to be an ostrich? ; 2 The argument from gross facts ; 3 The harlot argument ; 4 The truthmaker argument ; 5 Sketch for a Platonic theory of predication.
6 Concluding remarks In Defense of Transcendent Universals ; 1 Armstrong's ontological method ; 2 Armstrong's primary critique of transcendent realism ; 3 A reply to the primary critique ; 4 "How can distinct particulars have the same properties?" ; 5 Arguments, not explanations.
Armstrong and Tropes 1 Universals and tropes ; 2 Tropes and substances ; 3 Armstrong's objections to trope nominalism ; 4 Answers to the objections ; 5 Some advantages of trope nominalism ; 6 Remaining problems for the trope nominalist ; 7 Conclusion ; Tropes: For and Against.
1 Introduction 2 Tropes and the one over many ; 3 Armstrong on what is the 'best' version of the trope view ; 4 Armstrong on why there are no tropes ; 5 Piling, swapping, and 'Hochberg's argument' ; 6 Laws of nature and resemblance ; Facts: An Essay in Aporetics ; 1 Introduction.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction ; Mirage Realism Revisited ; 1 Introduction ; 2 The one over many problem ; 3 Devitt's charge of mirage realism ; 4 The one over many problem and Armstrong's world of states of affairs ; 5 Instantiation as partial identity.

6 The one over many problem and the Platonic view of universals Ostrich Nominalism or Ostrich Platonism? ; 1 What is it like to be an ostrich? ; 2 The argument from gross facts ; 3 The harlot argument ; 4 The truthmaker argument ; 5 Sketch for a Platonic theory of predication.

6 Concluding remarks In Defense of Transcendent Universals ; 1 Armstrong's ontological method ; 2 Armstrong's primary critique of transcendent realism ; 3 A reply to the primary critique ; 4 "How can distinct particulars have the same properties?" ; 5 Arguments, not explanations.

Armstrong and Tropes 1 Universals and tropes ; 2 Tropes and substances ; 3 Armstrong's objections to trope nominalism ; 4 Answers to the objections ; 5 Some advantages of trope nominalism ; 6 Remaining problems for the trope nominalist ; 7 Conclusion ; Tropes: For and Against.

1 Introduction 2 Tropes and the one over many ; 3 Armstrong on what is the 'best' version of the trope view ; 4 Armstrong on why there are no tropes ; 5 Piling, swapping, and 'Hochberg's argument' ; 6 Laws of nature and resemblance ; Facts: An Essay in Aporetics ; 1 Introduction.

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