The problems of philosophical ontology from an analytic perspective

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https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v0i19.2059

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analytic ontology, metaphysics, the problem of being, the problem of identity, the problem of substance, the problem of universals, the problem of causality

Abstract

This is a review paper devoted to the specific features of an examination in analytic philosophy of some classical ontological problems. In particular, the problems of being, identity, substance, universals, and causality are under consideration. It is stressed that analytic philosophy not only precises and clarifies the formulations and the very statement of the problems, but proposes also a new view of these and other issues and some new solutions for them. In the focus of attention there are certain conceptions developed by Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, David Lewis, Edward Lowe and some others. Analytic philosophy is characterized by its commitment to the clarity and preciseness of the problem setting and the notions defined, as well as by an extensive use of the heuristic methodology of the language analysis and the possibilities of the modern logic.

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Author Biography

Yaroslav Shramko, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University

Department of Philosophy
Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University
Gagarina ave., 54
Kryvyi Rih
50086

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Published

2018-11-19

How to Cite

Shramko, Y. (2018). The problems of philosophical ontology from an analytic perspective. Actual Problems of Mind, (19), 3–25. https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v0i19.2059

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HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY AND MODERNITY