The physical basis of predication:

In this book about metaphysics the author defends a realistic view of universals, characterizing the notion of universal by considering language and logic, the idea of possibility, hierarchies of universals, and causation. He argues that neither language nor logic is a reliable guide to the nature o...

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Main Author: Newman, Andrew J. 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1992
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy
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Summary:In this book about metaphysics the author defends a realistic view of universals, characterizing the notion of universal by considering language and logic, the idea of possibility, hierarchies of universals, and causation. He argues that neither language nor logic is a reliable guide to the nature of reality and that basic universals are the fundamental type of universal and are central to causation. All assertions and predications about the natural world are ultimately founded on these basic universals. A distinction is drawn between unified particulars (which reveal natural principle of unity) and arbitrary particulars (which lack such a principle); unified particulars are the terms of causal relations and thus the real constituents of the world. The world is not made up of events but of unified particulars and basic universals
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 271 pages)
ISBN:9780511663833
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511663833

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