Bibliograph

What is, and what is in itself, a systematic ontology, Robert Merrihew Adams

Type

Label

What is, and what is in itself, a systematic ontology, Robert Merrihew Adams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What is, and what is in itself

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1290021656

Responsibility statement

Robert Merrihew Adams

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

a systematic ontology

Summary

This work is 'a systematic ontology'. Ontology is the study of being as such, and a systematic ontology is an account of the most fundamental ways of being something or other - of what they are and of how they are related to each other. The questions it pursues are not primarily about what causes things, but about what things are or consist in - though causal questions cannot be totally avoided. The title of the book marks the most important distinction in ways of being. What is includes everything there is, but not everything there is included in what is in itself.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator