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Material Objects

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Material Objects
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Sattig
SeriesElements in Metaphysics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:75
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 151
Category/GenrePhilosophy
Philosophy - metaphysics and ontology
Philosophy - epistemology and theory of knowledge
ISBN/Barcode 9781009011464
ClassificationsDewey:111
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 9 December 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This Element is a survey of central topics in the metaphysics of material objects. The topics are grouped into four problem spaces. The first concerns how an object's parts are related to the object's existence and to the object's nature, or essence. The second concerns how an object persists through time, how an object is located in spacetime, and how an object changes. The third concerns paradoxes about objects, including paradoxes of coincidence, paradoxes of fission, and the problem of the many. The fourth concerns views with radical consequences regarding the existence of composite material objects, including mereological nihilism, ontological anti-realism, and deflationism.