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Properties
（Oxford readings in philosophy）
Oxford University Press, 1997
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Bibliography: p. [270]-274
Includes index
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: pbk ISBN 9780198751762
Description
About the Series:
The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to the university student or the general reader. The editors of each volume contribute an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the questions with which they deal. A selective bibliography is appended as a guide to further reading.
About this volume:
When we say a certain rose is red, we seem to be attributing a property, redness, to it. But are there really such properties? If so, what are they like, how do we know about them, and how are they related to the objects which have them and the linguistic devices which we use to talk about them? This collection presents these ancient problems in a modern light. In particular, it makes accessible for the first time the most important contributions to the contemporary controversy about the
nature of properties. Those new to the subject will find the clearly-written introduction, by two experts in the field, an invaluable guide to the intricacies of this debate. The volume illustrates very well the aims and methods of modern metaphysics and shows how a thorough understanding of the
metaphysics of properties is crucial to most of analytic philosophy.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- I. Function and Concept
- II. The World of Universals
- III. On Our Knowledge of Universals
- IV. Universals
- V, On What There Is
- VI. Statements About Universals
- VII. Ostrich Nominalism or Mirage Realism?
- VIII. Against Ostrich Nominalism: A Reply to Michael Devitt
- IX. On the Elements of Being: I
- X. The Metaphysics of Abstract Particulars
- XI. Tropes
- XII. Properties
- XIII. Modal Realism at Work
- XIV. New Work For a Theory of Universals
- XV. Causality and Properties
- XVI. Properties and Predicates
- NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX OF NAMES
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ISBN 9780198751779
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When we say a certain rose is red, we seem to be attributing a property, redness, to it. But are there really such properties? If so, what are they like, how do we know about them, and how are they related to the objects which have them and the linguistic devices which we use to talk about them? This collection presents these ancient problems in a modern light. In particular, it makes accessible important contributions to the contemporary controversy about the nature of properties. Those new to the subject will find the clearly-written introduction, by two experts in the field, a helpful guide to the intricacies of this debate. The volume presents the aims and methods of modern metaphysics and shows how a thorough understanding of the metaphysics of properties is crucial to most of analytic philosophy.
Table of Contents
D. H. Mellor and Alex Oliver: Introduction. I.: Gottlob Frege: Function and Concept. II.: Bertrand Russell: The World of Universals. III.: Bertrand Russell: On Our Knowledge of Universals. IV.: F. P. Ramsey: Universals. V,: W. V. Quine: On What There Is. VI.: Frank Jackson: Statements About Universals. VII.: Michael Devitt: Ostrich Nominalism or Mirage Realism?. VIII.: D. M. Armstrong: Against Ostrich Nominalism: A Reply to Michael Devitt. IX.: Donald C. Williams: On the Elements of Being: I. X.: Keith Campbell: The Metaphysics of Abstract Particulars. XI.: Chris Daly: Tropes. XII.: D. M. Armstrong: Properties. XIII.: David Lewis: Modal Realism at Work. XIV.: David Lewis: New Work For a Theory of Universals. XV.: Sydney Shoemaker: Causality and Properties. XVI.: D. H. Mellor: Properties and Predicates. Notes on the Contributors. Select Bibliography. Index of Names
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