{"product_id":"the-fullness-of-being-a-new-paradigm-for-existence-paperback","title":"The Fullness of Being: A New Paradigm for Existence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to a fairly standard view, there are several reasons for denying that existence is a real property of individuals. One is that 'exists' cannot be predicated of individuals, and another is that first-level properties are parasitic on individuals for their actuality, which is something that existence could never be. A third is that existence adds nothing to individuals. Moreover, even if existence were to survive all three counter-indications, it would be merely the most vacuous of properties. \u003cem\u003eThe Fullness of Being\u003c\/em\u003e, however, argues that this view of existence is seriously awry. In this brilliant book, Barry Miller argues that existence is not merely a real property of individuals, but by far the richest of their properties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe commonly accepted view of existence is testimony, contends Miller, to what happens when wrong questions are asked, false assumptions are made, and the possibility of a new paradigm for existence is dismissed without consideration. They bear witness to the substantial flaws underlying the familiar claim 'existence is not a predicate' and the Frege-Russell-Quine view not only of 'exists' as exclusively a second-level predicate, but of existence as no more than a Cambridge property of individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy way of contrast, \u003cem\u003eThe Fullness of Being\u003c\/em\u003e is an account of what happens when different questions are asked, when false assumptions are eschewed, and when the possibility of a radically different paradigm for existence is actively explored rather than completely ignored. What began for Miller as an exercise in philosophical logic to determine whether 'exists' is predicable of individuals, ends in an argument with groundbreaking consequences for ontology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Miller is honorary fellow at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including \u003cem\u003eA Most Unlikely God\u003c\/em\u003e, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752352678176,"sku":"9780268035273","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/20a89bbf1f31a601ac40a0607331dbfa.webp?v=1779993614","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fullness-of-being-a-new-paradigm-for-existence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}