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A. W. Moore - The Evolution of Modern Philosophy: The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things - 9780521616553 - V9780521616553
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The Evolution of Modern Philosophy: The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things

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Description for The Evolution of Modern Philosophy: The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things Paperback. This book charts the evolution of metaphysics since Descartes and provides a compelling case for why metaphysics matters. Series: The Evolution of Modern Philosophy. Num Pages: 692 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1070.
This book is concerned with the history of metaphysics since Descartes. Taking as its definition of metaphysics 'the most general attempt to make sense of things', it charts the evolution of this enterprise through various competing conceptions of its possibility, scope, and limits. The book is divided into three parts, dealing respectively with the early modern period, the late modern period in the analytic tradition, and the late modern period in non-analytic traditions. In its unusually wide range, A. W. Moore's study refutes the tired old cliche that there is some unbridgeable gulf between analytic philosophy and philosophy of other ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
The Evolution of Modern Philosophy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
692
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521616553
SKU
V9780521616553
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About A. W. Moore
A. W. Moore is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford. He is the author of three previous books: The Infinite (1990); Points of View (1997); and Noble in Reason, Infinite in Faculty: Themes and Variations in Kant's Moral and Religious Philosophy (2003). He is also the editor or co-editor ... Read more

Reviews for The Evolution of Modern Philosophy: The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things
'This huge book is an extraordinary piece of work, showing a quite exceptional range of learning and depth of thought. Moore attempts nothing less than a synoptic account of the ways in which leading philosophers since Descartes have viewed metaphysics. But the book is not a survey: a strong narrative thread, plus a novel and powerful conception of the task ... Read more

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