Object and Property [Hardcover]

Denkel argues that objects are nothing more than bundles of properties, and he tackles some central questions of ontology.Denkel argues that objects are nothing more than bundles of properties. From this point of view he tackles some central questions of ontology: how is an object distinct from others; how does it remain the same while it changes through time? A second contention is that properties are particular entities restricted to the objects they inhabit. The appearance that they exist generally, in a multitude of things, is due to the way we conceptualize them.Denkel argues that objects are nothing more than bundles of properties. From this point of view he tackles some central questions of ontology: how is an object distinct from others; how does it remain the same while it changes through time? A second contention is that properties are particular entities restricted to the objects they inhabit. The appearance that they exist generally, in a multitude of things, is due to the way we conceptualize them.Denkel argues that objects are nothing more than bundles of properties. From this point of view he tackles some central questions of ontology: how is an object distinct from others; how does it remain the same while it changes through time? A second contention is that properties are particular entities restricted to the objects they inhabit. The appearance that they exist generally, in a multitude of things, is due to the way we conceptualize them.Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Ultimacy and objecthood; 3. Individuation and objecthood; 4. Identity and individuality; 5. Change, matter and identity; 6. Properties, particularity and objecthood; 7. Essence and individuality; 8. Causation and particular properties; Works cited; Index. This book is a thorough treatment of some important issues in metaphysics. Jeremy Fantl, Philosophy in Review