Quantifier variance and realism : essays in metaontology /
Eli Hirsch has contributed steadily to metaphysics since his ground-breaking (and much cited) work on identity through time (culminating in the 1982 OUP book The Concept of Identity). Within the last 10 years, his work on realism and quantifier variance has been front-and-center in the minds of many...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
2011
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| Summary: | Eli Hirsch has contributed steadily to metaphysics since his ground-breaking (and much cited) work on identity through time (culminating in the 1982 OUP book The Concept of Identity). Within the last 10 years, his work on realism and quantifier variance has been front-and-center in the minds of many metaphysicians. Metametaphysics, which looks at foundational questions about the very practice of metaphysics and the questions it raises, is now a popular area of discussion. There is a lot of anxiety about what ontology is, and Hirsch's diagnosis of how revisionary ontologists go wrong is one of. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 261 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199780716 0199780714 9780190267506 019026750X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
