Quine and Whitehead on Ontological Reduction: Properties Reconsidered
W.V.O. Quine and A.N. Whitehead shared a dualistic ontology of concrete and abstract objects but differed sharply on the status of properties. In this essay, we explore Whitehead’s reasons for admitting properties into his ontology and Quine’s objections. In the course of examining Quine’s position...
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University of Illinois Press
2012
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Process studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 261-286 |
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