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Explores the transformation humans undergo when they do metaphysics.

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Gelven's book is an analysis of the very nature of philosophical thinking. Clearly inspired by certain canonical figures, such as Plato, Kant, and Heidegger, it is ultimately an original exploration of this theme. The author's originality and insightfulness is, perhaps, best illustrated in his analysis of the transition from childhood to adulthood--an issue that is rarely addressed by philosophers. By explicating the basic structure of this transition. Gelven shows that there is a genuinely metaphysical, rather than merely physical, psychological, or sociological aspect to the move from childhood to adulthood. Here Gelven breaks new ground.

"""Gelven's book is an analysis of the very nature of philosophical thinking. Clearly inspired by certain canonical figures, such as Plato, Kant, and Heidegger, it is ultimately an original exploration of this theme. The author's originality and insightfulness is, perhaps, best illustrated in his analysis of the transition from childhood to adulthood--an issue that is rarely addressed by philosophers. By explicating the basic structure of this transition. Gelven shows that there is a genuinely metaphysical, rather than merely physical, psychological, or sociological aspect to the move from childhood to adulthood. Here Gelven breaks new ground."""

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Michael Gelven is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University and the author of many books, including Truth and the Comedic Art, also published by SUNY Press, and A Commentary on Heidegger's Being and Time, Revised Edition.

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