Substance and Attribute: A Study in Ontology by Michael J. Loux (English) Hardco

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In this book I address a dichotomy that is as central as any in ontology - that between ordinary objects or substances and the various attributes (Le.

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In this book I address a dichotomy that is as central as any in ontology - that between ordinary objects or substances and the various attributes (Le. , properties, kinds, and relations) we associate with them. My aim is to arrive at the correct philosophical account of each member of the dichotomy. What I shall argue is that the various attempts to understand substances or attri­ butes in reductive terms fail. Talk about attributes, I shall try to show, is just that - talk about attributes; and, likewise, talk about substances is just tha- talk about substances. The result is what many will find a strange combina­ tion of views - a Platonistic theory of attributes, where attributes are univer­ sals or multiply exemplifiable entities whose existence is independent of "the world of flux", and an Aristotelian theory of substance, where substances are basic unities not reducible to metaphysically more fundamental kinds of things. Part One is concerned with the ontology of attributes. After distinguishing three different patterns of metaphysical thinking about attributes, I examine, in turn, the phenomena of predication, resemblance, and higher order quanti­ fication. I argue that none of these phenomena by itself is sufficient to establish the inescapability of a Platonistic interpretation of attributes. Then, I discuss the phenomenon of abstract reference as it is exhibited in the use of abstract singular terms.

Author Biography

Loux is the George Schuster Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame University, Indiana.

Table of Contents

One: Attributes.- One/Attribute-Agreement and the Problem of Universals.- Two/Predication and Universals.- Three/Resemblance and Universals.- Four/Abstract Reference and Universals.- Five/Towards A Realistic Ontology.- Two: Substances.- Six/Two theories of substance.- Seven/The Bundle Theory.- Eight/Bare Substrata.- Nine/Towards A Substance-Theory Of Substance.- Epilogue.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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In this book I address a dichotomy that is as central as any in ontology - that between ordinary objects or substances and the various attributes (Le. , properties, kinds, and relations) we associate with them. My aim is to arrive at the correct philosophical account of each member of the dichotomy. What I shall argue is that the various attempts to understand substances or attri

Details ISBN9027709262 Author Michael J. Loux Publisher Springer Series Philosophical Studies Series Language English ISBN-10 9027709262 ISBN-13 9789027709264 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 111 Series Number 14 Year 1978 Publication Date 1978-11-30 Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers Subtitle A Study in Ontology Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands Affiliation The University of Notre Dame, IN, USA Residence IN, US Short Title SUBSTANCE & ATTRIBUTE 1978/E Pages 188 Illustrations XI, 188 p. DOI 10.1023/b134915 Edition Description 1978 ed. Edition 1978th Alternative 9789027709554 Audience General We've got this

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