On the origin of objects /

On the origin of objects /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Smith, Brian Cantwell.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1996.
Description:xii, 420 p.
Language:English
Subject:
Metaphysics.
Object (Philosophy)
Metaphysics.
Object (Philosophy)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2350658
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ISBN:0262193639 (hc : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The foundations of computation
  • 2. The ontological wall
  • 3. A convergence of fields
  • 4. Rhetoric
  • Part I. Analysis
  • Computation
  • 1. The ontology of computation
  • 2. The use of metaphorical terms
  • 3. Computational ontology
  • 4. Inscription errors
  • 5. Theorist's vs. subject's perspective
  • 6. Participation
  • 2. Irreduction
  • 1. Commercial metaphor
  • 2. Ideology and reduction
  • 3. Realism
  • 1. Successor metophysics
  • 2. Realism
  • 3. Application to subjects and objects
  • 3a. Symmetric Realism
  • 3b. A Single Cup
  • 3c. Objectivity
  • 3d. objectivity
  • 3e. Pluralism
  • 3f. Directedness
  • 3g. Objects
  • 4. Particularity
  • 1. Particularity and Individuality
  • 1a. Particularity
  • 1b. Individuality
  • 1c. Sameness and difference
  • 2. Bare Particulars
  • 2a. Particularity without Individuality
  • 2b. Individuality without Particularity
  • 2c. Higher-order individuation
  • 3. Individuality and Identity
  • 4. Terminology
  • 5. Physics
  • 1. Living In the material world
  • 1a. Naturalism
  • 1b. Ontological hygiene
  • 1c. Implementation
  • 1d. Practice
  • 1e. Strategy
  • 2. Particularity
  • 2a. Three realms
  • 2b. Particular and universal interpretations
  • 2c. Deixis
  • 2d. The structure of theories
  • 3. Individuality
  • 3a. Epistemic Individuals
  • 3b. Discrete feature-placing
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Criterion of Ultimate Concreteness
  • Part II. Construction
  • 6. Flex & Slop
  • 1. Registration
  • 2. Flex and slop
  • 3. Disconnection
  • 7. Registration - 1
  • 1. Tracking
  • 2. Separation
  • 3. Stabilization (or: How can I miss you, if you won't go away?)
  • 4. Intentional acrobatics
  • 5. Summary
  • 8. Registration - II
  • 1. Strategies of reference preservation
  • 1a. Adjusting deitic registrations
  • 1b. Converting between allocentric and egocentric registrations
  • 1c. Crossing the explicit/implicit boundary
  • 1d. Changing interest or belief
  • 1e. Changing register
  • 2. Coordination conditions
  • 2a. Generalized Inference
  • 2b. Coordinated temporal realms
  • 2c. Intentional dynamics
  • 3. Stabilization revisited
  • 4. The achievement of the object
  • 5. The registration of Particularity
  • 9. Middle Distance
  • 1. Conceptual registration
  • 1a. Character, coverage, and closure
  • 1b. Representation and ontology
  • 1c. Partial separation
  • 2. Participation
  • 3. Connection and disconnection
  • 4. Separation and engagement
  • 5. Life Be the middle lane
  • 5a. Construction
  • 5b. Perticipatory surround
  • 5c. Normative virtue
  • 5d. Reconciliation
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Transition
  • 11. Metaphysics
  • 1. Higher-order registration
  • 2. Indefiniteness
  • 3. Zest and spunk
  • 4. Criticality
  • 5. Politics
  • a. Digitallty as achievement
  • b. Idealization vs. ideology
  • c. Politics as dynamic negotiation
  • 6. Paying the price
  • 6a. A political example
  • 12. Conclusion
  • 1. Project
  • 2. A philosophy of presence
  • 3. Consequences
  • 3a. Representation and ontology
  • 3b. Constructivism
  • 3c. Mathematics
  • 3d. Computation
  • 4. The middle ground
  • 5. Theory
  • 6. Grounding
  • 7. Pluralism
  • Indexes
  • Names
  • References

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