Holes and Other Superficialities
Author: Casati, Roberto
ISBN: 9780262531337
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 28 Aug 1995
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback / softback
This fascinating investigation on the borderlines of metaphysics, everyday geometry, and the theory of perception seeks to answer two basic questions- Do holes really exist? And if so, what are they? Holes are among entities that down-to-earth philosophers would like to expel from their ontological inventory. Casati and Varzi argue in favor of their existence and explore the consequences of this unorthodox approach-odd as these might appear. They examine the ontology of holes, their geometry, their part-whole relations, their identity, their causal role, and the ways we perceive them.p>i>A Bradford Book/i>/p>
ISBN: 9780262531337
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 28 Aug 1995
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback / softback
This fascinating investigation on the borderlines of metaphysics, everyday geometry, and the theory of perception seeks to answer two basic questions- Do holes really exist? And if so, what are they? Holes are among entities that down-to-earth philosophers would like to expel from their ontological inventory. Casati and Varzi argue in favor of their existence and explore the consequences of this unorthodox approach-odd as these might appear. They examine the ontology of holes, their geometry, their part-whole relations, their identity, their causal role, and the ways we perceive them.p>i>A Bradford Book/i>/p>
