EXTREME AND EXOTIC THEORIES OF PERSISTENCE

• Authors: Grygianiec M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In this paper the author offers a critical survey of the following five extreme and exotic metaphysical doctrines about persistence: mereological universalism, mereological nihilism, organicism, eliminativism and mereologoical essentialism. The paper clarifies these theories and discusses the main arguments in favour of them as well as against them. His focus will be put particularly upon mereological essentialism, because of its range and explanatory value. The text closes with some metatheoretical considerations about the nature of metaphysical inquiry. The considerations in question could be interpreted as a defense of traditionally conceived metaphysics against scientism, empiricism and common sense.

Keywords

EN

MEREOLOGICAL ESSENTIALISM; METAPHYSICAL INQUIRY; PERSISTENCE - DOCTRINES ABOUT

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filozoficzny
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 109-130
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Grygianiec M.

• M. Grygianiec, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Filozofii, ul.Krakowskie Przedmiescie 3, 00-047 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03376930