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Title: Properties (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by D. H. Mellor, Alex Oliver ISBN: 0-19-875176-1 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Summary: What are properties?
Comment: The essays in this topical collection provide a thorough discussion of that question. Drawn mostly from contemporary philosophy, the collection nevertheless begins a bit further back: with Gottlob Frege's "Function and Concept," two contributions from Bertrand Russell, and F.P. Ramsey's "Universals."
More recent selections are included from W.V.O. Quine ("On What There Is"), Frank Jackson, Michael Devitt, D.M. Armstrong, Donald C. Williams, Keith Campbell, Chris Daly, David Lewis, Sydney Shoemaker, and co-editor D.H. Mellor.
The volume will be of special interest to readers looking for sources on the problem of universals. Naturally each contribution deals with the problem to some extent, but particularly interesting is an exchange between Michael Devitt and D.M. Armstrong. Nominalists and realists sometimes talk past each other about this problem, and sure enough, much of the exchange between Devitt and Armstrong has to do with (a) why nominalists don't think there really _is_ a "problem" of universals and (b) why realists think nominalists are being all but willfully blind.
In a spirited but cheerfully sporting verbal tennis match, Devitt responds to Armstrong's complaints (in _Universals and Scientific Realism_) about "ostrich nominalism" by attacking "mirage realism" instead. Armstrong offers a rejoinder which he thinks improves on his earlier discussion. The two part friends, with no injuries.
There is also good discussion on trope theory and "abstract particulares," as one might expect from the inclusion of essays by Williams, Campbell, and Daly. This is an excellent collection both overall and in detail.
It will be of interest to readers of D.M. Armstrong's _Universals: An Opinionated Introduction_, and it will also fit well alongside Andrew Schoedinger's topical collection _The Problem of Universals_. (There is surprisingly little overlap between Schoedinger's volume and the present one. Ramsey's "Universals," Russell's "The World of Universals," and Quine's "On What There Is" are the only essays common to the two collections.)
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Title: What is a Law of Nature? by D. M. Armstrong ISBN: 052131481X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 30 May, 1985 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Universals: An Opinionated Introduction by D. M. Armstrong ISBN: 0813307724 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: October, 1989 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: A Companion to Metaphysics (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Series) by Jaegwon Kim, Kim Jaegwon, Ernest Sosa ISBN: 0631199993 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Oxford Studies in Metaphysics (Oxford Studies in Metaphysics) by Dean Zimmerman ISBN: 0199267731 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Parts: A Study in Ontology by Peter Simons ISBN: 0199241465 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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