| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: 單行本
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| 副題名: |
against metaphysical nihilism |
| 作者: |
CogginsGeraldine, 1975- |
| 其他團體作者: |
Palgrave Connect (Online service) |
| 出版地: |
New York |
| 出版者: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| 出版年: |
2011 |
| 面頁冊數: |
p.cm.; |
| 標題: |
Nihilism. - |
| 標題: |
Metaphysics. - |
| 電子資源: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230295247An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| 摘要註: |
Could there have been Nothing? This is a fundamental metaphysical question, which has a genuine fascination for many people: most of us wonder why the universe is the way it is, why there is a universe at all? Metaphysical nihilists believe that there could have been no physical universe. Everything that exists could have not existed. It sounds like a plausible enough idea, at first. But what grounds do we have for believing it? Is there a persuasive argument for this view? Or is it merely based on intuition? Maybe there had to be something. Does the nature of possibility itself require the existence of physical (concrete) objects? This book looks at the arguments for and against metaphysical nihilism. It considers the metaphysics of possible worlds; philosophy of mathematics and the nature of concrete objects. |
| ISBN: |
9780230295247electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
023029524Xelectronic bk. |
| 內容註: |
Preface Could there have been Nothing? Metaphysical Nihilism and the Subtraction Argument Possible Worlds Concreteness Concreta, Dependence and Anti-Nihilism The Metaphysics of Subtraction The Trouble with Metaphysical Nihilism . |