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Philosophers have been inclined to see the proposition, the theory, the system as isomorphic to reality--hence substance metaphysics. Michael Gelven argues that propositions are answers to questions and that asking is more primordial than answering and has a worth independent of an answer conceived as a true proposition. This fundamental inversion makes possible many other thoughtful inversions that make the argument as it unfolds constantly challenging and continually stimulating. --Donald Livingston, Emory University

Philosophers have been inclined to see the proposition, the theory, the system as isomorphic to reality--hence substance metaphysics. Michael Gelven argues that propositions are answers to questions and that asking is more primordial than answering and has a worth independent of an answer conceived as a true proposition. This fundamental inversion makes possible many other thoughtful inversions that make the argument as it unfolds constantly challenging and continually stimulating. --Donald Livingston, Emory University Philosophers have been inclined to see the proposition, the theory, the system as isomorphic to reality hence substance metaphysics. Michael Gelven argues that propositions are answers to questions and that asking is more primordial than answering and has a worth independent of an answer conceived as a true proposition. This fundamental inversion makes possible many other thoughtful inversions that make the argument as it unfolds constantly challenging and continually stimulating. Donald Livingston, Emory University Philosophers have been inclined to see the proposition, the theory, the system as isomorphic to reality--hence substance metaphysics. Michael Gelven argues that propositions are answers to questions and that asking is more primordial than answering and has a worth independent of an answer conceived as a true proposition. This fundamental inversion makes possible many other thoughtful inversions that make the argument as it unfolds constantly challenging and continually stimulating. --Donald Livingston, Emory University Philosophers have been inclined to see the proposition, the theory, the system as isomorphic to reality hence substance metaphysics. Michael Gelven argues that propositions are answers to questions and that asking is more primordial than answering and has a worth independent of an answer conceived as a true proposition. This fundamental inversion makes possible many other thoughtful inversions that make the argument as it unfolds constantly challenging and continually stimulating. Donald Livingston, Emory University Philosophers have been inclined to see the proposition, the theory, the system as isomorphic to reality hence substance metaphysics. Michael Gelven argues that propositions are answers to questions and that asking is more primordial than answering and has a worth independent of an answer conceived as a true proposition. This fundamental inversion makes possible many other thoughtful inversions that make the argument as it unfolds constantly challenging and continually stimulating. Donald Livingston, Emory University Philosophers have been inclined to see the proposition, the theory, the system as isomorphic to reality--hence substance metaphysics. Michael Gelven argues that propositions are answers to questions and that asking is more primordial than answering and has a worth independent of an answer conceived as a true proposition. This fundamental inversion makes possible many other thoughtful inversions that make the argument as it unfolds constantly challenging and continually stimulating. --Donald Livingston, Emory University

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Michael Gelven is Presidential Research Professor at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of many books, including three books previously published by Penn State Press: Truth and Existence(1991), War and Existence (1994), and The Risk of Being: What It Means to Be Good and Bad (1997).

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