Ontology and analysis : essays and recollections about Gustav Bergmann / Laird Addis, Greg Jesson, Erwin Tegtmeier (eds.).

Author
Addis, Laird [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2007.
Description
1 online resource (318 p.)

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Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis
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Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987) was, arguably, the greatest ontologist of the twentieth century in pursuing the fundamental questions of first philosophy as deeply as any philosopher of any time. In 2006 and 2007, international conferences devoted solely to Bergmann's work were held at the University of Iowa in the USA, Université de Provence in France, and Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Italy. The papers in this volume were presented at the first of these conferences, in Iowa City, where Bergmann taught for nearly four decades after escaping from Europe, following the dissolution of the Vienn
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Language note
English
Contents
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Philosophical Papers
  • The Development of Bergmann's Metaphysics / Tegtmeier, Erwin
  • The First Station of Gustav Bergmann's Odyssey / Bonino, Guido
  • Bergmann as Historian / Baker, Robert
  • Bergmann on the Synthetic A Priori Truth: Nothing Can Have Two Colors All Over at Once / Sievert, Donald
  • Gustav Bergmann's Quest for the Ontology of Knowing: From Phenomenalism towards Realism / Jesson, Greg
  • Time for Bergmann's Bare Particulars / Magalhães, Ernâni
  • Bradley's Regress: Meinong versus Bergmann / Orilia, Francesco
  • Bergmann's Thinkable Inexpressibles / Heald, William
  • Placing Bergmann / Wilson, Fred
  • Reminiscences
  • Reminiscence of Gustav Bergmann / Leiden, Carl
  • Reminiscence of Gustav Bergmann (1987) / Grossmann, Reinhardt
  • Reminiscences of Bergmann's Last Student / Oaklander, Nathan
  • Afterword: Read Bergmann! / Tegtmeier, Erwin
  • Bibliography of the Writings of Gustav Bergmann
  • Backmatter
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ISBN
  • 3-938793-69-4
  • 3-11-032703-1
OCLC
  • 851970831
  • 1013956244
  • 853267617
Doi
  • 10.1515/9783110327038
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