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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
'Ordinary Objects' shows how to develop a common-sense ontology and defend it against a variety of eliminativist arguments. The text argues that the apparently
Language: en
Pages: 230
Pages: 230
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-26 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
In this engaging and wide-ranging new book, Nikk Effingham provides an introduction to contemporary ontology - the study of what exists - and its importance for
Language: en
Pages: 204
Pages: 204
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Amie Thomasson argues that fiction has far-reaching implications for central problems of metaphysics.
Language: en
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-30 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
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