|
|
libcats.org
The Structure of ObjectsKathrin KoslickiKathrin Koslicki offers an analysis of ordinary material objects, those material objects to which we take ourselves to be committed in ordinary, scientifically informed discourse. She focuses particularly on the question of how the parts of such objects are related to the wholes which they compose.
Many philosophers today find themselves in the grip of an exceedingly deflationary conception of what it means to be an object. According to this conception, any plurality of objects, no matter how disparate or gerrymandered, itself composes an object, even if the objects in question fail to exhibit interesting similarities, internal unity, cohesion, or causal interaction amongst each other. This commitment to initially counterintuitive objects follows from the belief that no principled set of criteria is available by means of which to distinguish intuitively gerrymandered objects from commonsensical ones; the project of this book is to persuade the reader that systematic principles can be found by means of which composition can be restricted, and hence that we need not embrace this deflationary approach to the question of what it means to be an object. To this end, a more full-blooded neo-Aristotelian account of parthood and composition is developed according to which objects are structured wholes: it is integral to the existence and identity of an object, on this conception, that its parts exhibit a certain manner of arrangement. This structure-based conception of parthood and composition is explored in detail, along with some of its historical precursors as well as some of its contemporary competitors. EPUB | FB2 | MOBI | TXT | RTF
* Конвертация файла может нарушить форматирование оригинала. По-возможности скачивайте файл в оригинальном формате.
Популярные книги за неделю:
Проектирование и строительство. Дом, квартира, садАвтор: Петер Нойферт, Автор: Людвиг Нефф
Размер книги: 20.83 Mb
Система упражнений по развитию способностей человека (Практическое пособие)Автор: Петров Аркадий НаумовичКатегория: Путь к себе
Размер книги: 818 Kb
Сотворение мира (3-х томник)Автор: Петров Аркадий НаумовичКатегория: Путь к себе
Размер книги: 817 Kb
Радиолюбительские схемы на ИС типа 555Автор: Трейстер Р.Категория: Электротехника и связь
Размер книги: 13.64 Mb
Только что пользователи скачали эти книги:
Mathematics for the analysis of algorithmsАвтор: Daniel H. Greene, Автор: Donald E. KnuthКатегория: Computer science, Algorithms
Размер книги: 835 Kb
Методы получения химических препаратов и реактивовАвтор: Ластовский Р.П., Автор: Божевольнов Е.А., Автор: Бромберг А.В. (ред.)
Размер книги: 1.61 Mb
AI*IA 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 7th Congress of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, Bari, Italy, September 25-28, 2001. ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial IntelligenceАвтор: Floriana Esposito
Размер книги: 7.24 Mb
The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665, Second EditionАвтор: Michael Sean MahoneyКатегория: История
Размер книги: 4.40 Mb
Morris Lucky Luke 5 Lucky Luke Contre Pat Poker (French Edition)Автор: Morris, Автор: Rene Goscinny
Размер книги: 14.99 Mb
A Queer Mother for the Nation: The State and Gabriela MistralАвтор: Licia Fiol-Matta
Размер книги: 2.59 Mb
Цитология. Обща хистология. Обща ембриологияАвтор: Вл. Овчаров, Автор: Цв. ТакеваКатегория: Биология
Размер книги: 38.10 Mb
|
|
|