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Formal Approach to the Metaphysics of Perspectives

Points of View as Access

  • Presents a formal approach to the metaphysics of perspective
  • Offers a novel analysis of metaphysical grounding
  • Includes a historical survey of relativism in the philosophy of science

Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 392)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. A World of Points of View

    • Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
    Pages 1-25
  3. Contextualizing Points of View

    • Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
    Pages 27-60
  4. Adopting a Point of View

    • Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
    Pages 61-80
  5. Points of View as Grounding

    • Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
    Pages 81-103
  6. Comparing and Evaluating Points of View

    • Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
    Pages 105-115
  7. A Pluralist Notion of Truth for Metaphysical Points of View

    • Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
    Pages 117-141
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 143-156

About this book

This book offers a metaphysical development of the notion of perspective. By explaining the functional nature of point of view, and by providing a concrete definition of point of view as a window through which to see the world, it offers a scientific realist theory that explains that points of view are real structures that ground properties and objects as well as perspectives. The notion of point of view has been of key importance in the history of philosophy, and different philosophical schools have used this notion to conduct analyses from the external reality to the inner phenomenal status, or even to construct an entire philosophical system. However, there has been a lack of systematic analysis of what a point of view is and what its structure is; this book fills the gap in the literature and makes the transition between semantics and epistemology, and the philosophy of science.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana

About the author

Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of La Laguna (Spain) in 2009. His books include Los problemas de las teorías representacionales de la conciencia (Tenerife: Universidad de La Laguna, 2010) and Implicaciones de la teoría de los actos de habla (Madrid: EAE, 2011), and he has coedited (with V. Raga) La filosofía de Richard Rorty (Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2010). He has also published more than 50 articles in several collected books and international journals. In 2012, Colomina received the Young Researcher Award from the Spanish Society of Logic. His research areas of interest focus on Philosophy of Science, Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and the boundaries between Semantics and Pragmatics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Formal Approach to the Metaphysics of Perspectives

  • Book Subtitle: Points of View as Access

  • Authors: Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73655-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73654-9Published: 06 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89255-9Published: 07 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73655-6Published: 29 January 2018

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 156

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Semantics, Epistemology

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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