112. Peter van Inwagen | Being
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Peter van Inwagen is John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, and is Research Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is well-known for his work in a variety of fields, but primarily metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of action.
Check out his book, "Being: A Study in Ontology"!
https://academic.oup.com/book/44876
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0192883968
00:00 - Preview
00:25 - Introduction
01:48 - Development of views
04:45 - Existence and being
08:16 - Technical vs. ordinary language
11:34 - Holes
14:43 - Paraphrase
20:42 - Negative existentials
22:44 - Fiction
29:30 - Having and holding
34:50 - Worry
39:45 - Attempt at paraphrase?
41:50 - Indefinable?
45:25 - Non-Meinongian paraphrase
51:28 - Platonism
54:21 - Fictionalism
58:41 - Effective theories
1:04:20 - Properties
1:08:50 - Modality
1:11:53 - Another approach
1:16:40 - Value of philosophy
1:18:01 - Conclusion
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