States of Affairs

Maria Elisabeth Reicher

Published by De Gruyter 2009

States of Affairs

Maria Elisabeth Reicher

Volume 30 in the series Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110326024

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States of affairs raise, among others, the following questions: What kind of entity are they (if there are any)? Are they contingent, causally efficacious, spatio-temporal and perceivable entities, or are they abstract objects? What are their constituents and their identity conditions? What are the functions that states of affairs are able to fulfil in a viable theory, and which problems and prima facie counterintuitive consequences arise out of an ontological commitment to them? Are there merely possible (non-actual, non-obtaining) states of affairs? Are there molecular (i.e., negative, conjunctive, disjunctive etc.) states of affairs? Are there modal and tensed states of affairs? In this volume, these and other questions are addressed by David M. Armstrong, Marian David, Herbert Hochberg, Uwe Meixner, L. Nathan Oaklander, Peter Simons, Erwin Tegtmeier and Mark Textor.

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Introduction Maria E. Reicher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Questions about States of Affairs David M. Armstrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
States of Affairs – the Full Picture Uwe Meixner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Facts and Connectors Erwin Tegtmeier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Facts and Things Herbert Hochberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Why There Are No States of Affairs Peter Simons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Are Particulars or States of Affairs Given in Perception? Mark Textor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Time and Existence: A Critique of “Degree Presentism” L. Nathan Oaklander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Defending Existentialism? Marian David Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 219
Keywords: Metaphysik; Ontologie; Philosophie

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Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110326024

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Published: April 29, 2009
ISBN: 9783110325225