Approaches to Metaphysics
Professor William . Ed(S): Sweet
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Hardback. Provides a perspective on contemporary approaches to the nature and the fundamental questions of metaphysics. This work 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. Editor(s): Sweet, Professor William. Series: Studies in Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Philosophy and Religion
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402021817
SKU
V9781402021817
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