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Real Essentialism

Real Essentialism

Real Essentialism
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Real Essentialism Hardback - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Oderberg, David S,

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  • Title Real Essentialism
  • Author Oderberg, David S,
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2008-01-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2450020-n
  • ISBN 9780415323642 / 0415323649
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.45 x 0.92 in (23.52 x 16.38 x 2.34 cm)
  • Category Philosophy
  • Library of Congress subjects Essentialism (Philosophy)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007010357
  • Dewey Decimal Code 111.1
  • Quantity available 5

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From the publisher

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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