Stuff, Quality, Structure: The Whole Go by Galen Strawson (.ePUB)
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Stuff, Quality, Structure: The Whole Go by Galen Strawson
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Overview: Stuff, Quality, Structure makes a case for identity metaphysics. It defends categorial monism, the view that there’s only one fundamental metaphysical category, which Strawson calls ‘stuff’. It argues for the ultimate metaphysical identity of things that other views hold to be irreducibly distinct. It rejects separatism, which posits such irreducible metaphysical differences. The notions of object, process, property, state, and event seem to signal fundamental ontological differences, but these differences are superficial, according to identity metaphysics. The same goes for energy/force/laws of nature/causation/power: according to identity metaphysics, these are different ways of conceptualizing the same phenomenon, the best name for which is simply ‘the nature of stuff’.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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