The Ontology of Physical Objects: Four-Dimensional Hunks of Matter (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) |
 enlarge | Author: Mark Heller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 180
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0521069491
Dewey Decimal Number: 160
EAN: 9780521069496
ASIN: 0521069491
Publication Date: July 31, 2008
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Product Description
This provocative new book attempts to resolve traditional problems of identity over time. It seeks to answer such questions as "How is it that an object can survive change?" and "How much change can an object undergo without being destroyed?" To answer these questions Professor Heller presents a completely new theory about the nature of physical objects and about the relationship between our language and the physical world. According to his theory, the only actually existing physical entities are what the author calls "hunks," four dimensional objects extending across time and space. This is a major new contribution to ontological debate and will be essential reading for all philosophers concerned with metaphysics.
Book Description
This provocative book attempts to resolve traditional problems of identity over time. It seeks to answer such questions as 'How is it that an object can survive change?' and 'How much change can an object undergo without being destroyed'? To answer these questions Professor Heller presents a theory about the nature of physical objects and about the relationship between our language and the physical world
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O.K. November 27, 1998
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Mark Heller's treatment of the Sorites Paradox in the Ontology of Physical Objects is the most cogent and useful treatment on the subject this year. His ontology of objects as four-dimensional with a temporal element as opposed to three-dimensional and enduring although alluring, begs previous sympathy towards that orientation. Heller's work with Carl Matheson seems to have corrupted his work in metaphysics in a creative although ultimately useless manner.
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