书目名称 | Existence as a Real Property | 副标题 | The Ontology of Mein | 编辑 | Francesco Berto | 视频video | | 概述 | A comprehensive introduction to the notion of existence – arguably, the most important concept of ontology and metaphysics.Introduces both mainstream and non-standard theories within the philosophical | 丛书名称 | Synthese Library | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .This profound exploration of one of the core notions of philosophy—the concept of existence itself—reviews, then counters (via Meinongian theory), the mainstream philosophical view running from Hume to Frege, Russell, and Quine, summarized thus by Kant: “Existence is not a predicate.” The initial section of the book presents a comprehensive introduction to, and critical evaluation of, this mainstream view. The author moves on to provide the first systematic survey of all the main Meinongian theories of existence, which, by contrast, reckon existence to be a real, full-fledged property of objects that some things possess, and others lack. As an influential addition to the research literature, the third part develops the most up-to-date neo-Meinongian theory called Modal Meinongianism, applies it to specific fields such as the ontology of fictional objects, and discusses its open problems, laying the groundwork for further research..In accordance with the latest trends in analytic ontology, the author prioritizes a meta-ontological viewpoint, adopting a dual definition of meta-ontology as the discourse on the meaning of being, and as the discourse on the tools and methods of ontolog | 出版日期 | Book 2013 | 关键词 | Analytic Ontology; Existence; Existence logic; Existential Philosophy; Fundamental Ontology; Hume existen | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4207-9 | isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-9588-4 | isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-4207-9Series ISSN 0166-6991 Series E-ISSN 2542-8292 | issn_series | 0166-6991 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 |
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