Arguments that ordinary inanimate objects such as tables and chairs, sticks and stones, simply do not exist have become increasingly common and increasingly prominent. Some are based on demands for parsimony or for a non-arbitrary answer to the special composition question; others arise from prohibitions against causal redundancy, ontological vagueness, or co-location; and others still come from worries that a common sense ontology would be a rival to a scientific one. Until now, little has been done to address these arguments in a unifiedand systematic way. ORDINARY OBJECTS is designed to fill this gap. INDICE: Introduction; Problems of Causal Redundancy; Analyticity and Conceptual Content; Identity, Persistence, and Modality; Problems of Collocation; Problems of Vagueness; Handling Experience Questions; The Special Composition Problem; Problems of Rivalry with Science; Parsimony and Ontological Commitment; A Coherent Common Sense View; The Methods of Metaphysics; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-976444-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés