Overview

Today, when systematic philosophy - and reason itself - are challenged both outside of and within philosophy, is it still possible to do metaphysics? This volume provides a broad perspective on contemporary approaches to the nature and the fundamental questions of metaphysics. Drawing on scholars from continental Europe, Asia, Canada, the United States, and Great Britain, and representing a variety of philosophical cultures and traditions, this volume surveys and extends work in metaphysics and its implications for broader philosophical concerns (e.g., in ethics and social philosophy, in mathematics and logic, and in epistemology). It also addresses such questions as the role of history and historicity in undertaking metaphysics, the nature of metaphysics, the priority of metaphysics over epistemology, and the challenges of empiricism and postmodernism.

Full Product Details

Author:   William Sweet
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Volume:   26
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9789401740036

ISBN 10:   9401740038
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   13 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Taking Metaphysics Seriously.- Introduction: Taking Metaphysics Seriously.- Issues in Classical Metaphysics.- Does Being Have a Nature? (Or: Metaphysics as a Science of the Real).- Logic and Metaphysics in German Philosophy from Melanchthon to Hegel.- Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Pre-Established Harmony.- Modern Challenges to the Scope of Metaphysics.- The Integration of History and Metaphysics.- Suffering, Metaphysics, and Nietzsche’s Path to the Holy.- Can ‘Creation’ Be a Metaphysical Concept?.- Metaphysics West and East: Bosanquet and Sankara.- On the Road to Metaphysics — Freedom, Agency, and Existence.- Metaphysics and the Origins of Arendt’s Account of Evil and Human Freedom.- Agents, Causes, and Explanations: The Idea of a Metaphysical System.- Speculative and Analytical Philosophy, Theories of Existence, and the Generalization of the Mathematical Function.- Metaphysical Theories in a Contemporary Context.- Jacques Maritain and the Metaphysics of Plato.- Metaphysics and Idealism.- Empiricism: Principles and Problems.- The Possibility of Metaphysics.- Metaphysics as “De Insolubilibus”.- Designing Metaphysics.

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions