Ontology and Metaontology: A Contemporary Guide is a clear and accessible survey of ontology, focusing on the most recent trends in the discipline. Divided into parts, the first half characterizes metaontology: the discourse on the methodology of ontological inquiry, covering the main concepts, tools, and methods of the discipline, exploring the notions of being and existence, ...(展开全部)

Ontology and Metaontology: A Contemporary Guide is a clear and accessible survey of ontology, focusing on the most recent trends in the discipline. Divided into parts, the first half characterizes metaontology: the discourse on the methodology of ontological inquiry, covering the main concepts, tools, and methods of the discipline, exploring the notions of being and existence, ...(展开全部)

Reflecting the continuing change and development in modern literacy theory, the key features of this book includes its clarity, brevity, equal coverage of the main literary theories and useful bibliographies of further reading. Literature students will find its clearly defined sections easy to navigate and whilst avoiding over-simplification, it makes a complex subject accessi...(展开全部)

Reflecting the continuing change and development in modern literacy theory, the key features of this book includes its clarity, brevity, equal coverage of the main literary theories and useful bibliographies of further reading. Literature students will find its clearly defined sections easy to navigate and whilst avoiding over-simplification, it makes a complex subject accessi...(展开全部)

作者介绍 威尔弗里德·斯托克·塞拉斯（Wilfrid Stalker Sellars，1912－1989） 美国哲学家，先后在密歇根大学、布法罗大学、牛津大学和哈佛大学学习，在爱荷华大学、明尼苏达大学、耶鲁大学和匹兹堡大学执教。一生著述百余，内容涉猎广泛、视野宽阔、原创深刻、系统连贯、极富启发。主要著作有《科学、感知与实在》《哲学视角》《科学与形而上学：康德主题变奏曲》《哲学与哲学史文集》《自然主义与存在论》《纯粹语用学与种种可能世界》《康德与前康德主题：威尔弗里德·塞拉斯讲座》《康德的先验形而上学：塞拉斯的卡西尔讲座及其他文集》《在理由的空间：威尔弗里德·塞拉斯文选》等。荣誉主要有洛克讲座（1966）、杜威讲座（1974）、卡卢斯讲座（1977）、卡西尔讲座（1979）等，尤其是伦敦大学讲座（1956），内容以“经验主义与心灵哲学”为题发表，被公...(展开全部)

作者介绍 威尔弗里德·斯托克·塞拉斯（Wilfrid Stalker Sellars，1912－1989） 美国哲学家，先后在密歇根大学、布法罗大学、牛津大学和哈佛大学学习，在爱荷华大学、明尼苏达大学、耶鲁大学和匹兹堡大学执教。一生著述百余，内容涉猎广泛、视野宽阔、原创深刻、系统连贯、极富启发。主要著作有《科学、感知与实在》《哲学视角》《科学与形而上学：康德主题变奏曲》《哲学与哲学史文集》《自然主义与存在论》《纯粹语用学与种种可能世界》《康德与前康德主题：威尔弗里德·塞拉斯讲座》《康德的先验形而上学：塞拉斯的卡西尔讲座及其他文集》《在理由的空间：威尔弗里德·塞拉斯文选》等。荣誉主要有洛克讲座（1966）、杜威讲座（1974）、卡卢斯讲座（1977）、卡西尔讲座（1979）等，尤其是伦敦大学讲座（1956），内容以“经验主义与心灵哲学”为题发表，被公...(展开全部)

This anthology provides an extensive and varied collection of the best classical and contemporary readings in metaphysics, as well as substantial editorial material, which set the extracts in context and guide the reader through them. The book is divided into 10 sections, providing instructors with flexibility in designing and teaching a variety of courses. It contains 54 impor...(展开全部)

The emergence of the hominids, more than five million years ago, marked the start of the human odyssey through space and time. This book deals with the last stage of this fascinating journey: the exploration of cyberspace and cybertime. Through the rapid global implementation of information and communication technologies, a new realm for human experience and imagination has bee...(展开全部)

The emergence of the hominids, more than five million years ago, marked the start of the human odyssey through space and time. This book deals with the last stage of this fascinating journey: the exploration of cyberspace and cybertime. Through the rapid global implementation of information and communication technologies, a new realm for human experience and imagination has bee...(展开全部)

This book is a defense of an ontology of propositions and of some logical resources for representing them. It begins with an austere formulation of a theory of propositions in a first-order extensional logic, but then uses the commitments of this theory to justify an enrichment to modal logic—the logic of necessity and possibility—as an appropriate framework for regimented lang...(展开全部)