Sketch for a systematic metaphysics

David Armstrong sets out his metaphysical system in a set of concise and lively chapters each dealing with one aspect of the world. He begins with the assumption that all that exists is the physical world of space-time. On this foundation he constructs a coherent metaphysical scheme that gives plaus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Armstrong, David Malet, 1926-2014 (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press cop. 2010
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Properties
  • Relations
  • States of affairs
  • Laws of nature
  • Reaching to dispositionalism
  • Particulars
  • Truthmakers
  • Possibility, actuality, necessity
  • Limits
  • Absences
  • The rational disciplines : logic and mathematics
  • Numbers
  • Classes
  • Time
  • Mind.