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Macroscopic Metaphysics

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 390)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70999-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-70998-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Dec 11, 2017

1 - 9 of 9 Chapters

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Mereology

Needham, Paul

Pages: 1 –28

[An ontology of continuants and occurrents to be developed in the course of the book within a framework of regions of space and intervals of time is initially outlined in this chapter. First and foremost, quantities of matter, to which the principles of classical mereology are held to apply, are...
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Occupying Space

Needham, Paul

Pages: 29 –45

[A fundamental relation connecting matter with space and time is the occupies relation, standing between a material body, a region of space and an interval of time. Its features and related concepts are discussed in this chapter. Individuals are the material bodies considered first, and it is...
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Constitution

Needham, Paul

Pages: 47 –74

[The constitution relation is discussed in some detail in this chapter. It is a three-place relation standing between an individual, a quantity of matter and a time, allowing for the typically changing constitution of individuals over time. The fact that times are intervals is accommodated and...
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Distributivity and Cumulativity

Needham, Paul

Pages: 75 –87

[The following four chapters take up the features of quantities of matter that distinguish them from individuals by their mereological structure. This structure is reflected in the character of certain predicates expressing the property of being a particular kind of substance, say water, and...
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The Ancients’ Ideas of Substance

Needham, Paul

Pages: 89 –111

[Ancient theories of substance based on a continuous view of matter are taken up in this chapter. They bear some resemblance to modern, macroscopic conceptions and therefore have some interest as precursors of modern views as well as being of conceptual interest in their own right. Aristotle’s...
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The Nature of Matter

Needham, Paul

Pages: 113 –126

[An important feature of the transition from ancient to modern views of matter is the recognition of the distinction between substance and phase, and the realisation that a substance like water is not necessarily liquid, as Aristotle thought, but the same substance might be solid or gas too. This...
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The Relation of Macroscopic Description to Microstructure

Needham, Paul

Pages: 127 –150

[With the background provided by the previous chapters, the dyadic predicate “water” is discussed in some detail in this chapter as illustrative of substance predicates. The familiar claim “Water is H2O” cannot be construed as a claim about the constitution of water at the microlevel, but is a...
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Longish Processes

Needham, Paul

Pages: 151 –178

[Processes are introduced in this chapter. In the wake of a discussion of the notion of change and the recognition of the relational character of many processes, any idea of introducing occurrents on the basis of a distinction between intrinsic and Cambridge changes in continuants is abandoned....
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Modal Properties of Quantities

Needham, Paul

Pages: 179 –199

[Modal features of quantities are discussed in the final chapter. Talk of atomic number as the essence of something, unclear exactly what, is put aside in favour of pursuing Paneth’s more fruitful distinction between elements as simple and as basic, leading to a discussion of how resilient being...

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