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Real Essentialism

Real Essentialism

Real Essentialism Paperback / softback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by David S. Oderberg

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Paperback / softback. New. Presents a comprehensive defence of neo-Aristotelian essentialism. This title reinvigorates the tradition of realist, essentialist metaphysics, defending the reality and knowability of essence, the possibility of objective, immutable definition, and its relevance to contemporary scientific and metaphysical issues.
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  • Title Real Essentialism
  • Author David S. Oderberg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 318
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Publication date 2009-05-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780415872126
  • ISBN 9780415872126 / 041587212X
  • Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.75 cm)
  • Category Philosophy
  • Dewey Decimal Code 111.1
  • Quantity available 1

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Real Essentialism presents a comprehensive defence of neo-Aristotelian essentialism. Do objects have essences? Must they be the kinds of things they are in spite of the changes they undergo? Can we know what things are really like - can we define and classify reality? Many, if not most, philosophers doubt this, influenced by centuries of empiricism, and by the anti-essentialism of Wittgenstein, Quine, Popper, and other thinkers. Real Essentialism reinvigorates the tradition of realist, essentialist metaphysics, defending the reality and knowability of essence, the possibility of objective, immutable definition, and its relevance to contemporary scientific and metaphysical issues such as whether essence transcends physics and chemistry, the essence of life, the nature of biological species, and the nature of the person.

About the author

David S. Oderberg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. He has published many books and articles in metaphysics, philosophical logic, ethics, philosophy of religion, and other subjects.

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