Formal Ontology and Conceptual Realism
Theories about the ontological structure of the world have generally been described in informal, intuitive terms, and the arguments for and against them, including their consistency and adequacy as explanatory frameworks, have generally been given in even more informal terms. The goal of formal onto...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
| Series: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6204-9 |
Table of Contents:
- Formal Ontology
- Formal Ontology and Conceptual Realism
- Time, Being, and Existence
- Logical Necessity and Logical Atomism
- Formal Theories of Predication
- Formal Theories of Predication Part II
- Intensional Possible Worlds
- Conceptual Realism
- The Nexus of Predication
- Medieval Logic and Conceptual Realism
- On Geach Against General Reference
- Le?niewski’s Ontology
- Plurals and the Logic of Classes as Many
- The Logic of Natural Kinds.