Ontology and the ambitions of metaphysics /
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Ontology and metaphysics
- Innocent statements and their metaphysically loaded counterparts
- Quantification
- Internalism, externalism, and the ontological question
- Talk about natural numbers
- Numbers and arithmetic
- The philosophy of arithmetic
- Ordinary objects
- Talk about properties and propositions
- Inexpressible properties and propositions
- Ineffable facts and the ambitions of metaphysics
- Objects, properties, and the problem of universals
- The philosophical project of ontology
- Esoteric and egalitarian metaphysics
- Conclusion.