Ontology and Metaontology
A Contemporary Guide
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 10690820 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Dustin McWherter (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2017 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Fascículo | 266 |
| Páginas | 195-198 |
| Data de publicação | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Editora | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqw008 |
| OpenAlex | W2561766694 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 8 |
Analytic metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language are currently witnessing a surge of interest in ontological and metaontological issues. This recent guidebook by Francesco Berto and Matteo Plebani succeeds remarkably in bringing the reader up to speed on the state of debates on these issues in contemporary analytic philosophy. The authors easily strike the appropriate balance between clarity and simplicity of presentation on the one hand and depth and breadth of content on the other. Moreover, the way that topics are elaborated by considering the motivations for positions, the objections put to them, and the prospects for responses to those objections is particularly satisfying. Consequently, any students or scholars wishing to acquaint themselves with this growing area of interest cannot afford to neglect this book. In what follows, I will summarize the book's main contents and conclude with a short critical comment. The book consists of an introduction followed by fourteen chapters that are divided into three parts. While the introduction is co-written, the authors divide the remaining chapters between themselves, with Berto authoring chs 1, 3, 7, 8, 11–13 and Plebani authoring chs 2, 4–6, 9, 10, and 14. The introduction eases into the subject very smoothly. Ontology is defined in broadly Quinean terms as the philosophical discipline concerned with ‘what there is’, while metaontology is construed as being concerned with the questions of what we mean when we ask what there is and what methodology ontology should use. The authors then explain how ontology and metaontology relate to and differ from metaphysics, science, and common sense, and in so doing, they ably convey the distinctive importance of philosophical questions more generally.
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| Obras citantes distintas | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,73 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 2 |