{"product_id":"a-realistic-theory-of-categories-an-essay-on-ontology-paperback-9780521556163","title":"A Realistic Theory of Categories; An Essay on Ontology (Paperback) 9780521556163","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Realistic Theory of Categories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Essay on Ontology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book can be viewed as a summation of Roderick Chisholm's views on an enormous range of topics in metaphysics and epistemology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoderick M. Chisholm (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521556163, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 August 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 13.9 x 1.4 cm, 0.215 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This important book should be read by all who have a serious interest in metaphysics, epistemology, or philosophy of mind. Chisholm's ontological theory is essentially one of great strength and integrity. It is a most impressive and instructive example of how systematic philosophy grounded in formal ontology can be pursued profitably.\"    Gary S. Rosenkrantz, The Philosophical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRoderick Chisholm has been for many years one of the most important and influential philosophers contributing to metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. This book can be viewed as a summation of his views on an enormous range of topics in metaphysics and epistemology. Yet it is written in the terse, lucid, unpretentious style that has become a hallmark of Chisholm's work. The book is an original treatise designed to defend an original, non-Aristotelian theory of categories. Chisholm argues that there are necessary things and contingent things; necessary things being things that are not capable of coming into being or passing away. He defends the argument from design, and thus includes the category of necessary substance (God). Further contentions of the essay are that attributes are also necessary beings, but not necessary substances, and that human beings are contingent substances but may not be material substances.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. the Realistic Background: 1. Introduciton\u003cbr\u003e 2. The nature of attributes\u003cbr\u003e 3. The existence of attributes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Propositions as reducible to attributes\u003cbr\u003e 5. The intentional structure of attributes\u003cbr\u003e 6. The primacy of the intentional\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Basic Categories: 7. The ontology of the theory of classes\u003cbr\u003e 8. The nature of relations\u003cbr\u003e 9. Times and the temporal\u003cbr\u003e 10. States and events\u003cbr\u003e 11. Spatial entities and material substances\u003cbr\u003e 12. Persons and their bodies\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Homeless Objects: 13. Appearances\u003cbr\u003e 14. Intentionalia\u003cbr\u003e 15. Fictitious objects\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Application to Philosophical Theology: 16. Necessary substance.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20metaphysics%20\u0026amp;%20ontology%20%5BHPJ%5D%22\"\u003eHPJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002430378264,"sku":"9780521556163","price":38.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521556163i_856f9c14-1b7b-435a-953a-d6b50fc69954.jpg?v=1691369617","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-realistic-theory-of-categories-an-essay-on-ontology-paperback-9780521556163","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}