MACROSCOPIC METAPHYSICS
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- Author: PAUL NEEDHAM
- ISBN: 9783319709987
- Availability: In Stock
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This book is about our ordinary concept of matter in the
form of enduring continuants and the processes in which they are involved in
the macroscopic realm. It emphasises what science rather than philosophical
intuition tells us about the world, and chemistry rather than the physics that
is more usually encountered in philosophical discussions. The central chapters
dealing with the nature of matter pursue key steps in the historical
development of scientific conceptions of chemical substance. Like many contemporary
discussions of material objects, it relies heavily on mereology. The classical
principles are applied to the mereological structure of regions of space,
intervals of time, processes and quantities of matter. Quantities of matter,
which don’t gain or lose parts over time, are distinguished from individuals,
which are typically constituted of different quantities of matter at different
times. The proper treatment of the temporal aspect of the features of material
objects is a central issue in this book, which is addressed by investigating
the conditions governing the application of predicates relating time and other
entities. Of particular interest here are relations between quantities of
matter and times expressing substance kind, phase and mixture. Modal aspects of
these features are taken up in the final chapter.