{"product_id":"substance-among-other-categories-hardback-9780521461016","title":"Substance among Other Categories (Hardback) 9780521461016","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSubstance among Other Categories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book revives a neglected but important topic in philosophy: the nature of substance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoshua Hoffman (Author), Gary S. Rosenkrantz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521461016, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 November 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e212 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.42 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\"Substance Among Other Categories is a useful essay in contemporary metaphysics. It would make interesting reading for graduate students and philosophers interested in the question of what substance is.\"    Charlotte Witt, 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\"\u003eThis book revives a neglected but important topic in philosophy: the nature of substance. The belief that there are individual substances, for example, material objects and persons, is at the core of our common-sense view of the world yet many metaphysicians deny the very coherence of the concept of substance. The authors develop an account of what an individual substance is in terms of independence from other beings. In the process many other important ontological categories are explored: property, event, space, time. The authors show why alternative theories of substance fail, and go on to defend the intelligibility (though not the existence) of interacting spiritual and material substances.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Substance and other categories\u003cbr\u003e 2. Historically prominent accounts of substance\u003cbr\u003e 3. Collectionist theories of substance\u003cbr\u003e 4. The independence criterion of substance\u003cbr\u003e 5. Souls and bodies\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: the concrete-abstract distinction\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Continuous space and time and their parts: a defense of an Aristotelian account\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":46007544840472,"sku":"9780521461016","price":77.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521461016_7cf767e3-0b65-49b4-912f-b20b15fa51d0.gif?v=1691382421","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/substance-among-other-categories-hardback-9780521461016","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}