A World of States of Affairs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521589482)

In this important study D. M. Armstrong offers a comprehensive system of analytical metaphysics that synthesizes but also develops his thinking over the past twenty years. Armstrong's analysis, which acknowledges the "logical atomism" of Russell and Wittgenstein, makes facts (or states of affairs, as the author calls them) the fundamental constituents of the world, examining properties, relations, numbers, classes, possibility and necessity, dispositions, causes and laws. It will appeal to a wide readership in analytical philosophy.

Author: D. M. Armstrong
ISBN-10: 0521589487
ISBN-13: 9780521589482
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/06/1997
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.04h x 6.02w x 0.77d