The Existence of the World: An Introduction to Ontology

by Reinhardt Grossmann

Book Overview

Originally published in 1992. The history of Western philosophy can be seen as a battle between those that insist that the "physical universe" exists and those would claim that there is a much larger "world" which contains atemporal and nonspatial things as well. The central part of this book, and the battle, concerns the existence of universals. Starting with the mediaeval definition of the issue found in Porphry and Boethius, the author then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367194058
• ISBN13: 9780367194055
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"