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Routledge
230 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Substance has been a leading idea in the history of Western philosophy. Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz explain the nature and existence of individual substances, including both living things and inanimate objects. Specifically written for students new to this important and often complex subject, Substance provides both the historical and contemporary overview of the debate. Great... Read more
Introduction Chapter One: The Concept of Substance in History Chapter Two: An Independence theory of Substance Chapter Three: On the Unity of the Parts of Mereological Compounds Chapter Four: On the Unity of the Parts of Organisms Chapter Five: What Kinds of Physical Substances Are There? Appendix: Organisms and Natural Kinds
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Joshua Hoffman, Gary Rosenkrantz
