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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgements page
vii
Introduction
ix
Chapter
1
Real constituents of the world
1
1.
A basis for predication
1
2.
The notion of particular and the notion
of universal
5
Chapter
2
What can logic and language tell us
about reality?
12
1.
The syntactic priority thesis
12
2.
Interpretations of logic
14
3.
Quine
and quantification
26
4.
Quantification from another point of view
35
5.
Ontology and language
37
6.
Abstract things
39
Chapter
3
The existence of
universais
and the notion
of possibility
41
1.
Universais
and possibility
41
2.
Armstrong s instantiation requirement
43
3.
Arguments against the instantiation
requirement
46
4.
Combinatorial theories of possibility
52
5.
Wittgenstein s theory of possibility
59
6.
Possible worlds
69
Chapter
4
The causal significance of basic attributes
73
1.
Basic
universais
73
2.
Ontological determinacy
74
3.
Causality and basic attributes
82
4.
Structural
universais
87
5.
Natural kind
universais
93
Chapter
5
Hierarchies of
universais
100
1.
Determinates and determinables
100
2.
Geach s function theory of hierarchies
102
3.
The hierarchy of colour concepts
no
4.
Essential subordination
113
5.
Mass
universais
121
6.
The basis of higher-level attributes
127
7.
What is a concept?
134
Chapter
6
Causal relations
136
1.
Real relations
136
2.
Spatial relations
143
3.
Causal relations
147
4.
Types of causal relation
149
Chapter
7
Arbitrary particulars and unified particulars
165
1.
The distinction
165
2.
Events
168
3.
Arguments against events
170
4.
Causality and continuity
178
5.
Summary of why events are not terms
of causal relations
183
Chapter
8
Further considerations concerning the
causal relation
185
1.
The logical form of sentences about causality
185
2.
The ontology of causality
189
3.
Causal relations and natural laws
195
4.
Causality and counterfactual conditionals
200
Chapter
9
Arbitrary particulars and physical objects
208
1.
Sets as arbitrary particulars
208
2.
Parcels of matter
218
3.
Physical objects
226
4.
Supervenience
234
5.
The construction of particulars
239
Bibliography
257
Index
265
VI
This is a book about some of the basic concepts of metaphysics:
uni¬
versais,
particulars, causality, and possibility. Its aim is to give an
account of the real constituents of the world.
The author defends a realistic view of
universais,
characterizing
the notion of universal by considering language and logic, possibil¬
ity, hierarchies of
universais,
and causation. On the other hand, he
argues that logic and language are not reliable guides to the nature of
reality. All assertions and predications about the natural world are
ultimately founded on basic
universais ,
which are the fundamen¬
tal type of universal and central to causation. A distinction is drawn
between unified particulars (which have a natural principle of unity)
and arbitrary particulars (which lack such a principle); unified par¬
ticulars are the terms of causal relations and thus real constituents of
the world. Arbitrary particulars such as events, states of affairs, and
sets have no ontological significance.
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Contents
Acknowledgements page
vii
Introduction
ix
Chapter
1
"Real constituents of the world"
1
1.
A basis for predication
1
2.
The notion of particular and the notion
of universal
5
Chapter
2
What can logic and language tell us
about reality?
12
1.
The syntactic priority thesis
12
2.
Interpretations of logic
14
3.
Quine
and quantification
26
4.
Quantification from another point of view
35
5.
Ontology and language
37
6.
Abstract things
39
Chapter
3
The "existence" of
universais
and the notion
of possibility
41
1.
Universais
and possibility
41
2.
Armstrong's instantiation requirement
43
3.
Arguments against the instantiation
requirement
46
4.
Combinatorial theories of possibility
52
5.
Wittgenstein's theory of possibility
59
6.
Possible worlds
69
Chapter
4
The causal significance of basic attributes
73
1.
Basic
universais
73
2.
Ontological determinacy
74
3.
Causality and basic attributes
82
4.
Structural
universais
87
5.
Natural kind
universais
93
Chapter
5
Hierarchies of
universais
100
1.
Determinates and determinables
100
2.
Geach's function theory of hierarchies
102
3.
The hierarchy of colour concepts
no
4.
Essential subordination
113
5.
Mass
universais
121
6.
The basis of higher-level attributes
127
7.
What is a concept?
134
Chapter
6
Causal relations
136
1.
Real relations
136
2.
Spatial relations
143
3.
Causal relations
147
4.
Types of causal relation
149
Chapter
7
Arbitrary particulars and unified particulars
165
1.
The distinction
165
2.
Events
168
3.
Arguments against events
170
4.
Causality and continuity
178
5.
Summary of why events are not terms
of causal relations
183
Chapter
8
Further considerations concerning the
causal relation
185
1.
The logical form of sentences about causality
185
2.
The ontology of causality
189
3.
Causal relations and natural laws
195
4.
Causality and counterfactual conditionals
200
Chapter
9
Arbitrary particulars and physical objects
208
1.
Sets as arbitrary particulars
208
2.
Parcels of matter
218
3.
Physical objects
226
4.
Supervenience
234
5.
The construction of particulars
239
Bibliography
257
Index
265
VI
This is a book about some of the basic concepts of metaphysics:
uni¬
versais,
particulars, causality, and possibility. Its aim is to give an
account of the real constituents of the world.
The author defends a realistic view of
universais,
characterizing
the notion of universal by considering language and logic, possibil¬
ity, hierarchies of
universais,
and causation. On the other hand, he
argues that logic and language are not reliable guides to the nature of
reality. All assertions and predications about the natural world are
ultimately founded on "basic
universais",
which are the fundamen¬
tal type of universal and central to causation. A distinction is drawn
between unified particulars (which have a natural principle of unity)
and arbitrary particulars (which lack such a principle); unified par¬
ticulars are the terms of causal relations and thus real constituents of
the world. Arbitrary particulars such as events, states of affairs, and
sets have no ontological significance. |
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