Properties

Name: Properties
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ISBN: 9780745661759

ISBN-10: 0745661750

ISBN-13: 9780745661759

Edition: 2014

Authors: Douglas Edwards

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The world is populated with many different objects, to which we often attribute properties: we say, for example, that grass is green, that the earth is spherical, that humans are animals, and that murder is wrong. We also take it that these properties are things in their own right: there is something in which being green, or spherical, or an animal, or wrong, consists, and that certain scientific or normative projects are engaged in uncovering the essences of such properties. In light of this, an important question arises: what kind of things should we take properties themselves to be?In Properties, Douglas Edwards gives an engaging, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to the many…

Book details

Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 4/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

DOUG EDWARDS was the director of consumer marketing and brand management at Google from 1999 to 2005 and was responsible for setting the tone and direction of the company’s communications with its users. Prior to joining Google, Edwards was the online brand group manager for the San Jose Mercury News, where he conceived and led development of the technology news site siliconvalley.com.