Fullness of Being, The: A New Paradigm for Existence - Hardcover

Miller, Barry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0268028648 ISBN 13: 9780268028640

Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

According to a fairly standard view, there are several reasons for denying that existence is a real property of individuals. One is that 'exists' cannot be predicated of individuals, and another is that first-level properties are parasitic on individuals for their actuality, which is something that existence could never be. A third is that existence adds nothing to individuals. Moreover, even if existence were to survive all three counter-indications, it would be merely the most vacuous of properties. The Fullness of BeingThe Fullness of Being is an account of what happens when different questions are asked, when false assumptions are eschewed, and when the possibility of a radically different paradigm for existence is actively explored rather than completely ignored. What began for Miller as an exercise in philosophical logic to determine whether 'exists' is predicable of individuals, ends in an argument with groundbreaking consequences for ontology.

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Barry Miller is honorary fellow at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. He is the author of numerous articles and books including A Most Unlikely God, published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0268028648
• ISBN 13: 9780268028640
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 190
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