(ARMSTRONG, David) MUMFORD, Stephen. David Armstrong. Acumen. 2007.

(ARMSTRONG, David) MUMFORD, Stephen. David Armstrong. Acumen. 2007.

Hardback, 224pp., NEW, The ideas of David (D. M.) Armstrong have helped shape contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of mind. His work presents an integrated and systematic view of the world, with numerous interconnections between the topics of properties, laws, causation, facts, truth, powers and minds. This book is the first to offer an introduction to the full range of Armstrong’s thought. In a fair and dispassionate account Stephen Mumford examines in depth Armstrong’s development of a core metaphysical programme consistent with a scientific view of the natural world. Although chiefly expository, Mumford’s examination draws attention to areas of weakness within Armstrong’s account and highlights issues about which there is room for further debate, in particular the implications of Armstrong’s new theory of instantiation for his singular vision of the world.
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