Philosophers have long been tempted by the idea that objects and
properties are abstractions from the facts. But how is this
abstraction supposed to go? If the objects and properties aren't
'already' there, how do the facts give rise to them? Jason Turner
develops and defends a novel answer to this question: The facts are
arranged in a quasi-geometric 'logical space', and objects and
properties arise from different quasi-geometric structures in this
space.
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A Tractarian Ontology
Product details
ISBN
9780191505287
Published
2020
Publisher
Oxford University Press Academic UK
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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