Lynne Rudder Baker, Baker Lynne Rudder

The Metaphysics of Everyday Life

An Essay in Practical Realism

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Produktbeschreibung

Lynne Rudder Baker presents a unique account of the material world: the Constitution View.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780521120296
• ISBN-10: 0521120292
• Artikelnr.: 26571441

Autorenporträt

Lynne Rudder Baker is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her publications include Persons and Bodies: A Constitution View (2000) and Explaining Attitudes: A Practical Approach to the Mind (1995).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Beginning with the middle
Part I. Everyday Things: 2. The reality of ordinary things
3. Artifacts
4. Human persons
Part II. The Everyday World: 5. Commonsense causation
6. Metaphysical vagueness
7. Time
Part III. Metaphysical Underpinnings: 8. Constitution revisited
9. Mereology and constitution
10. Three-dimensionalism defended
11. Five ontological issues.

Rezensionen

'Baker's book is a valuable contribution to contemporary work in metaphysics. It will be widely discussed, and it will remain a key source of ideas, insights, and arguments for many years to come.' Stephen Schwartz, Emeritus Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Ithaca College