“Things in Themselves”
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“Things in Themselves” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that develops a distinctive metaphysical account of reality and objects as they are independently of our representations.
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| “Things in Themselves” canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
metaphysics book
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non-fiction book ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosophical book ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
purely representational accounts of reality
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reductive physicalism ⓘ |
| author | Kit Fine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developsTheoryOf |
essence
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grounding ⓘ metaphysical dependence ⓘ objects as they are independently of our representations ⓘ ontological categories ⓘ reality as it is in itself ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
essence and modality
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fine-grained metaphysical structure ⓘ ground and grounding relations ⓘ independence from representation ⓘ metaphysical realism ⓘ non-reductive ontology ⓘ things as they are in themselves ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
distinction between representation and reality
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focus on objects and their natures ⓘ systematic account of reality independent of thought ⓘ technical metaphysical framework ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalApproach | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ analytic metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainField |
metaphysics
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philosophy of language ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
independence from thought and language
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metaphysical structure of reality ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ nature of objects ⓘ ontology ⓘ reality independent of representation ⓘ things in themselves ⓘ |
| notableWork | Things in Themselves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | contemporary analytic metaphysics ⓘ |
| workOf | Kit Fine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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