| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages :) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 30
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Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 30.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Maria E. Reicher; Questions about States of Affairs -- David M. Armstrong; States of Affairs -- the Full Picture -- Uwe Meixner; Facts and Connectors -- Erwin Tegtmeier; Facts and Things -- Herbert Hochberg; Why There Are No States of Affairs -- Peter Simons; Are Particulars or States of Affairs Given in Perception? -- Mark Textor; Time and Existence: A Critique of "Degree Presentism" -- L. Nathan Oaklander; Defending Existentialism? -- Marian David; Index; Authors. |
| Summary |
States of affairs raise, among others, the following questions: What kind of entity are they (if there are any)? Are they contingent, causally efficacious, spatio-temporal and perceivable entities, or are they abstract objects? What are their constituents and their identity conditions? What are the functions that states of affairs are able to fulfil in a viable theory, and which problems and prima facie counterintuitive consequences arise out of an ontological commitment to them? Are there merely possible (non-actual, non-obtaining) states of affairs? Are there molecular (i.e., negative, conju. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Analysis (Philosophy)
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Analysis (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Reicher, Maria Elisabeth.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reicher, Maria Elisabeth. States of Affairs. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2009 9783110325225 |
| ISBN |
9783110326024 (e-book) |
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3110326027 (e-book) |
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3110325225 (print) |
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9783110325225 (print) |
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9783868384086 |
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9783110325225 |
| Standard No. |
9783110326024 |
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10.1515/9783110326024 |
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