Ontology and Metaontology: A Contemporary Guide

From https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ontology-and-metaontology-9781441191953/: "Ontology and Metaontology: A Contemporary Guide is a clear and accessible survey of ontology, focusing on the most recent trends in the discipline. Divided into parts, the first half characterizes metaontology: the discourse on the methodology of ontological inquiry, covering the main concepts, tools, and methods of the discipline, exploring the notions of being and existence, ontological commitment, paraphrase strategies, fictionalist strategies, and other metaontological questions. The second half considers a series of case studies, introducing and familiarizing the reader with concrete examples of the latest research in the field. The basic sub-fields of ontology are covered here via an accessible and captivating exposition: events, properties, universals, abstract objects, possible worlds, material beings, mereology, fictional objects." Table of contents Acknowledgements Introduction: What Is Ontology? What Is Metaontology? Part I: Quinean Metaontology 1. On Denoting 2. 1948: On What There Is 3. The Standard View Part II: Alternative Metaontologies 4. Ontological Pluralism and Neo-Fregeanism 5. Carnap's View of Ontology and Neo-Carnapians 6. Fictionalism 7. Meinongianism 8. The Grounding Approach Part III: Ontology 9. Abstract Objects I: Numbers & Co. 10. Abstract Objects II: Linguistic Types, Propositions, and Values 11. Possible Worlds 12. Material Objects 13. Fictional Objects 14. Beyond Particulars: Properties and Events Bibliography Index