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The Metaphysics of Quantities

Wolff, J. E. (Senior Lecturer in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Sciences, University of Edinburgh)

The Metaphysics of Quantities

The Metaphysics of Quantities

The Metaphysics of Quantities

 

What are physical quantities, and in particular, what makes them quantitative? This book presents an original answer to this question through the novel position of substantival structuralism, arguing that quantitativeness is an irreducible feature of attributes, and quantitative attributes are best understood as substantival structured spaces.


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Beschrijving The Metaphysics of Quantities

What are physical quantities, and in particular, what makes them quantitative?

This book articulates and defends an original answer to this important, insufficiently understood question through the novel position of substantival structuralism. This position argues that quantitativeness is an irreducible feature of attributes, and quantitative attributes are best understood as substantival structured spaces. The book first explores what it means for an attribute to be quantitative, and what metaphysical implications a commitment to quantitative attributes has. It then sets the stage to address the metaphysical and ontological consequences of the existence of quantitative attributes.


ISBN
9780198837084
Pagina's
226
Verschenen
NUR
910
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

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