David Armstrong (Philosophy Now) - Hardcover

Mumford, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844650995 ISBN 13: 9781844650996

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

David (D. M.) Armstrong is one of Australia's greatest philosophers. His chief philosophical achievement has been the development of a core metaphysical programme, embracing the topics of universals, laws, modality and facts: a naturalistic metaphysics, consistent with a scientific view of the natural world. It is primarily through his owrk that Australian philosophy, and Australian metaphysics in particular, enjoys such a high reputation in the rest of the world. In this book Stephen Mumford offers an introduction to the full range of Armstrong's thought. The book is a dispassionate, fair and unbiased account of Armstrong's thought.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Mumford is Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Nottingham. His books include Laws in Nature (2004), Dispositions (1998) and Russell on Metaphysics (2003).

Review:

"A well-organised, lucid and accurate account of all the main aspects of Armstrong's philosophy. A very good book." - Keith Campbell, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney"

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1844650995
• ISBN 13: 9781844650996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240