A Paradigm Theory of Existence : Onto-Theology Vindicated / by William F. Vallicella

Englisch

Dordrecht : Springer, 2002

Online-Ressource (XII, 286 p) : digital

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789048161287

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9781402008870

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789401705899

978-94-017-0588-2

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-481-6128-7 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0588-2

Preface -- I: The Idea of a Paradigm Theory of Existence -- II: Is Existence a First-Level Property?- III: The `No Difference' Theory -- IV: Is Existence a Property of Properties?- V: Mondial Attribute Theories -- VI: The Ontology of the Contingent Existent -- VII: The Ground of the Contingent Existent -- VIII: The Paradigm Existent. References -- Index.

*Philosophy (General) ; Religion (General) ; Modern philosophy. ; Philosophy, modern ; Metaphysics ; Ontology ; Religion. ; Philosophy.

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BD95-131

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 110;

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What is it for any contingent thing to exist? Why does any contingent thing exist? For some time now, the preferred style in addressing such questions has been deflationary when it has not been eliminativist. In its critical half, this book thoroughly analyzes and demolishes the main deflationary and eliminativist accounts of existence, including those of Brentano, Frege, Russell, and Quine, thereby restoring existence to its rightful place as one of the deep topics in philosophy, if not the deepest. In its constructive half, the book defends the thesis that the two questions admit of a unified answer, and that this answer takes the form of what the author calls a paradigm theory of existence. The central idea of the paradigm theory is that existence itself is a paradigmatically existent concrete individual. In this way the author vindicates onto-theology and puts paid to the Heideggerian conceit that Being cannot itself be a being. This work will be of interest to all serious students and teachers of philosophy, especially those interested in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion

 

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