The World as an Object of Formal Philosophy
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Andrzej Biłat
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the classical conception of the subject matter of philosophy (in part I) and to show that this reconstruction is compatible with contemporary logic (in part II) and science (in part III). The reconstruction takes the form of an extensional version of metaphysical realism. In this version the main philosophical concepts of the “world” are clarified and some principles of metaphysics are deduced from scientific knowledge with the use of monadic second-order logic and some interpretative premises.
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the classical conception of the subject matter of philosophy (in part I) and to show that this reconstruction is compatible with contemporary logic (in part II) and science (in part III). The reconstruction takes the form of an extensional version of metaphysical realism. In this version the main philosophical concepts of the “world” are clarified and some principles of metaphysics are deduced from scientific knowledge with the use of monadic second-order logic and some interpretative premises.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Some Introductory Thoughts on Contemporary Polish Ontology VII
- On Essential Structures and Symmetries 1
- Prospects for an Animalistically Oriented Simple View 25
- How Long Does the Present Last? The Problem of Fissuration in Roman Ingarden’s Ontology 51
- The Subject’s Forms of Knowledge and the Question of Being 71
- The World as an Object of Formal Philosophy 87
- Logic and the Ontology of Language 109
- Benedict Bornstein’s Ontological Elements of Reality 133
- On the Topological Modelling of Ontological Objects: Substance in the Monadology 149
- Does Mathematical Possibility Imply Existence? 161
- Neologicism for Real(s) – Are We There Yet? 181
- Possible Worlds and Situations: How Can They Meet Up? 205
- The Ontologic of Actions 219
- “Physical Intentionality” and the Thomistic Theory of Formal Objects 245
- An Assessment of Contemporary Polish Ontology 271
- Author Index 295
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Some Introductory Thoughts on Contemporary Polish Ontology VII
- On Essential Structures and Symmetries 1
- Prospects for an Animalistically Oriented Simple View 25
- How Long Does the Present Last? The Problem of Fissuration in Roman Ingarden’s Ontology 51
- The Subject’s Forms of Knowledge and the Question of Being 71
- The World as an Object of Formal Philosophy 87
- Logic and the Ontology of Language 109
- Benedict Bornstein’s Ontological Elements of Reality 133
- On the Topological Modelling of Ontological Objects: Substance in the Monadology 149
- Does Mathematical Possibility Imply Existence? 161
- Neologicism for Real(s) – Are We There Yet? 181
- Possible Worlds and Situations: How Can They Meet Up? 205
- The Ontologic of Actions 219
- “Physical Intentionality” and the Thomistic Theory of Formal Objects 245
- An Assessment of Contemporary Polish Ontology 271
- Author Index 295
