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The Metaphysics of Quantities

The Metaphysics of Quantities

The Metaphysics of Quantities
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The Metaphysics of Quantities Hardback - 2020

by Wolff, J. E

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Oxford Univ Pr, 2020. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches.
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  • Title The Metaphysics of Quantities
  • Author Wolff, J. E
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 226
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford Univ Pr
  • Publication date 2020
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0198837089
  • ISBN 9780198837084 / 0198837089
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Philosophy
  • Quantity available 2

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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.

About the author

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

Jo E. Wolff is Senior Lecturer in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Wolff earned a PhD in philosophy from Stanford University and held appointments at the University of Hong Kong and King's College London before joining the department at Edinburgh in 2019.

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