Fostering the ontological turn Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987)

Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987) was, arguably, one of the greatest ontologists of the twentieth century. In 2006 and 2007, after a period of relative neglect, international conferences devoted solely to Bergmann''s work were held at the University of Iowa in the USA, Université de Provence in...

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Other Authors: Bonino, Guido (auth), Egidi, Rosaria (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag 2008.
Series:Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 28.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Categories of a realistic ontology
  • UNIVERSALS, PARTICULARS, TROPES AND BLOBS / Wilson, Fred
  • THE MATTER OF PARTICULARS / Hochberg, Herbert
  • BARE PARTICULARS: SOME REMARKS / Martinello, Francesco
  • ON BERGMANN'S READING OF THE "TRACTATUS" ONTOLOGY / Frascolla, Pasquale
  • COMPLEXES, NEXUS, AND FUNCTIONS THE MIDDLE AND THE LATE BERGMANN / Tegtmeier, Erwin
  • BERGMANN AND EXEMPLIFICATION / Bonino, Guido
  • World, mind, and relations
  • IS INTENTIONALITY MORE LIKE HUNTING OR MORE LIKE HITTING? GUSTAV BERGMANN ON SKEPTICISM AND KNOWLEDGE / Jesson, Greg
  • BERGMANN'S CRITIQUE OF REPRESENTATIONALISM / Egidi, Rosaria
  • THE PROBLEM OF ORDER IN RELATIONAL STATES OF AFFAIRS: A LEIBNIZIAN VIEW / Orilia, Francesco
  • SINGULAR PROPOSITIONS AS POSSIBLE STATES OF AFFAIRS / Voltolini, Alberto
  • "... THE MOST MEMORABLE DON QUIXOTE OF A GREAT CAUSE" BERGMANN'S CRITIQUE OF MEINONG / Raspa, Venanzio
  • Metaphysics of space and time
  • PARTICULARS AS AREAS AND DURATIONS / Addis, Laird
  • IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE SPACE? / Oaklander, L. Nathan
  • TENSELESS TIME VS. TENSED TRUTHMAKERS / Torrengo, Giuliano
  • SOME TROUBLES WITH THE SPECIOUS PRESENT IN BERGMANN'S IDEAL LANGUAGE / Minocchio, Fabio / Pagliardi, Andrea
  • REFERENCES
  • Backmatter