TY - BOOK ID - 77888120 TI - Substance AU - Hoffman, Joshua AU - Rosenkrantz, Gary S PY - 1997 SN - 1134831366 9781134831364 0203050061 9780203050064 0415112508 9780415112505 0415140323 9780415140324 9781134831319 1134831315 9781134831357 1134831358 9786610185030 6610185034 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Substance (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy KW - Substance (philosophy) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77888120 AB - Substance has been a leading idea in the history of Western philosophy. Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantzexplain the nature and existence of individual substances, including both living things and inanimate objects. Specifically written for students new to this important and often complex subject, Substanceprovides both the historical and contemporary overview of the debate.Great Philosophers of the past, such as Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Locke, and Berkeley were profoundly interested in the concept of substance. And, the authors argue, a belief in the existence of substances is an integral part of our everyday world view. But what constitutes substance? Was Aristotle right to suggest that artefacts like tables and ships don't really exist?Substance: Its Nature and Existenceis one of the first non-technical, accessible guides to this central problem and will be of great use to students of metaphysics and philosophy.aphysics and philosophy. ER -