Stuff, Quality, Structure, 9780198903659
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One stuff, one reality: everything is fundamentally the same.

Stuff, Quality, Structure

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    192 pages

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    16 October 2024

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Summary

Stuff, Quality, Structure: The Metaphysics of Identity

Stuff, Quality, Structure advocates for identity metaphysics, championing categorial monism – the idea that a single fundamental metaphysical category exists, termed ‘stuff’ by Strawson. This perspective asserts the ultimate metaphysical identity of entities often perceived as irreducibly distinct, challenging separatism, which posits such irreducible metaphysical differences.

The conventional ontologica…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198903659
ISBN-10:0198903650
Author:Galen Strawson
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:16 October 2024
Weight:350g
Dimensions:223mm x 142mm x 15mm
About The Author

Galen Strawson

Galen Strawson holds the President’s Chair of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Freedom and Belief (OUP, 1986, 2nd ed. 2010); The Secret Connexion: Causation, Realism, and David Hume (OUP, 1989, 2nd ed. 2014); Mental Reality (1994, 2nd ed. 2009), Selves: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics (OUP, 2009, revised ed. 2011); Locke on Personal Identity: Consciousness and Concernment (2011,2nd ed. 2014); The Evident Connexion: Hume on Personal Identity (OUP, 2011, 2nd ed. 2014); and The Subject of Experience (OUP, 2017).

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