From an Ontological Point of View [Hardcover]

From an Ontological Point of Viewis a highly original and accessible exploration of fundamental questions about what there is. John Heil discusses such issues as whether the world includes levels of reality; the nature of objects and properties; the demands of realism; what makes things true; qualities, powers, and the relation these bear to one another. He advances an account of the fundamental constituents of the world around us, and applies this account to problems that have plagued recent work in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics (color, intentionality, and the nature of consciousness).

Preface
1. Introduction
ONTOLOGY
2. Levels of Reality
3. Predicates and Properties
4. Difficulties for the Levels Conception
5. Abandoning Levels
6. Philosophical Analysis
7. Truth Making
8. Powers
9. Dispositional and Categorical Properties
10. Properties as Pure Powers
11. The Identity Theory
12. Universals
13. Modes
14. Imperfect Similarity
15. Objects
16. Substantial Identity
APPLICATIONS
17. Colour
18. Intentionality
19. Conscious Experience
20. Zombies