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The Fullness of Being: A New Paradigm for Existence

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Availability:In StockContributor:Barry MillerPublish date:2002-03-15Pages:190
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Notre Dame PressISBN-13:9780268035273ISBN-10:026803527XUPC:9780268035273Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:Metaphysics, Theology, DevotionalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCJ738KSZP
According to a fairly standard view, there are several reasons for denying that existence is a real property of individuals. One is that 'exists' cannot be predicated of individuals, and another is that first-level properties are parasitic on individuals for their actuality, which is something that existence could never be. A third is that existence adds nothing to individuals. Moreover, even if existence were to survive all three counter-indications, it would be merely the most vacuous of properties. The Fullness of BeingThe Fullness of Being is an account of what happens when different questions are asked, when false assumptions are eschewed, and when the possibility of a radically different paradigm for existence is actively explored rather than completely ignored. What began for Miller as an exercise in philosophical logic to determine whether 'exists' is predicable of individuals, ends in an argument with groundbreaking consequences for ontology.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Notre Dame PressISBN-13:9780268035273ISBN-10:026803527XUPC:9780268035273Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:Metaphysics, Theology, DevotionalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCJ738KSZP

Barry Miller is honorary fellow at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including A Most Unlikely God, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press.


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