When we ask whether something exists, we expect a yes or no answer, not a further query about what kind of existence, how much of it, whether we mean existence for you or existence for me, or whether we are asking about some property which it might have.
In this book, this simple requirement is defended and pursued into its various and sometimes surprising implications. In the course of this pursuit, such questions arise as `Do appearances exist?' `Do unknowable things exist?' `Do past and future exist?' `Does God necessarily exist?' This novel and non-technical approach to important philosophical questions will be of interest to senior students of philosophy and, indeed, to all general readers with philosophical interests.
| ISBN: | 9789401061278 |
| Publication date: | 14th October 2012 |
| Author: | QB Gibson |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 197 pages |
| Series: | Philosophical Studies Series |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy of mind Philosophy of science Philosophical traditions and schools of thought |
When we ask whether something exists, we expect a yes or no answer, not a further query about what kind of existence, how much of it, whether we mean existence for you or existence for me, or whether we are asking about some property which it might have.
In this book, this simple requirement is defended and pursued into its various and sometimes surprising implications. In the course of this pursuit, such questions arise as `Do appearances exist?' `Do unknowable things exist?' `Do past and future exist?' `Does God necessarily exist?' This novel and non-technical approach to important philosophical questions will be of interest to senior students of philosophy and, indeed, to all general readers with philosophical interests.
The Existence Principle features in the following genres: Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of science, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
The Existence Principle is available in Paperback
The Existence Principle was written by QB Gibson and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands
The Existence Principle has 197 pages
Yes it is part of Philosophical Studies Series series