On Determining What There is

On Determining What There is
Author: Paul Symington
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 311032248X

Generally, categories are understood to express the most general features of reality. Yet, since categories have this special status, obtaining a correct list of them is difficult. This question is addressed by examining how Thomas Aquinas establishes the list of categories through a technique of identifying diversity in how predicates are per se related to their subjects. A sophisticated critique by Duns Scotus of this position is also examined, a rejection which is fundamentally grounded in the idea that no real distinction can be made from a logical one. It is argued Aquinas's approach can be rehabilitated in that real distinctions are possible when specifically considering per se modes of predication. This discussion between Aquinas and Scotus bears fruit in a contemporary context insofar as it bears upon, strengthens, and seeks to correct E. J. Lowe's four-category ontology view regarding the identity and relation of the categories.

Self-Determination of Peoples

Self-Determination of Peoples
Author: Antonio Cassese
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1995
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780521637527

The definitive study of the doctrine of self-determination of peoples.

Spectrophotometric Determination of Copper and Iron

Spectrophotometric Determination of Copper and Iron
Author: Ajay Kumar Goswami
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2021-07-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1501514997

The book covers specific and selective reagents for the determination of iron and copper by spectrophotometry. It provides methods for each group or class of reagents, including conditions, wavelength and interferences of other ions in samples. It is a unique guide for researchers in analytical chemistry from pharmaceutical to environmental monitoring laboratories working on iron and copper based products.