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Substance

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Substance
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Donnchadh O'Conaill
SeriesElements in Metaphysics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:75
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenrePhilosophy
Philosophy - epistemology and theory of knowledge
ISBN/Barcode 9781108940740
ClassificationsDewey:111.1
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 3 November 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Substance has long been one of the key categories in metaphysics. This Element focuses on contemporary work on substance, and in particular on contemporary substance ontologies, metaphysical systems in which substance is one of the fundamental categories and individual substances are among the basic building blocks of reality. The topics discussed include the different metaphysical roles which substances have been tasked with playing; different critieria of substancehood (accounts of what is it to be a substance); arguments for and against the existence of substances; and different accounts of which entities, if any, count as substances.