Metaphysics
In: Kant yearbook 2
In: Kant yearbook 2
In: Springer eBooks
In: Religion and Philosophy
Chapter 1: Why Metaphysics and Morality? -- Chapter 2: Ordinary Morality and Its Detractors -- Chapter 3: Propositions and the First-Order Moral -- Chapter 4: Truth, Facts, and Properties -- Chapter 5: Moral Properties -- Chapter 6: The Metaphysics of Moral Reality
Since immemorial times, persons have been engaged in disputes in metaphysics. This book reacts to this fact by supporting five theses. Thesis 1 is that disputes are micro-wars that have a significant social importance; they involve conflicting parties who may resort to some kind of violence and depend on normative factors. Thesis 2 is that disputes can be approached from right-wing or left-wing stances. Thesis 3 is that the grounds for endorsing an approach to a dispute are problematic starting points that may be rationally rejected. Thesis 4 is that disputes have an incommensurable greatness. Thesis 5 is that right-wing approaches to disputes may be less appealing than the left-wing one championed by the book for those who endorse that one is to avoid expressing "subtle" violence. This is the violence expressed by those who suggest that others who disagree with ones criteria to deal with disputes fall short of logos or act as if such others did not exist. Dr Felipe G. A. Moreira worked as a Lecturer of Philosophy at the University of Miami in Florida, USA. He also held the posts of Substitute Professor of Philosophy at Lavras Federal University in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and of Science, Technology and Society Lecturer at Code University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. .
Reprinted in part from the author's Napoleon and Machiavelli. Cambridge, 1903. ; Politics: The man of destiny. Napoleonic memoirs. The poetic Napoleon. Napoleon's marshals. The Waterloo campaign. The politics of the Divina commedia. Machiavelli's "Prince". The Ides of March. Goethe's position in practical politics. Lynch law. Dante's political allegory.--Metaphysics: Mind and brain. Space and time. Pragmatism. ; Mode of access: Internet.
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In: The Western political quarterly: official journal of Western Political Science Association, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 728
ISSN: 0043-4078
In: Oxford philosophical monographs
Metaphysics: An Introduction combines comprehensive coverage of the core elements of metaphysics with contemporary and lively debates within the subject. It provides a rigorous and yet accessible overview of a rich array of topics, connecting the abstract nature of metaphysics with the real world. Topics covered include: Basic logic for metaphysicsAn introduction to ontologyAbstract objectsMaterial objectsCritiques of metaphysicsFree willTimeModalityPersistenceCausationSocial ontology: the metaphysics of race This outstanding book not only equips the reader with a thorough knowledge of the fun
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- AN INTRODUCTORY WORD-BY JOHN DEWEY -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: THE METAPHYSICS OF THE INSTRUMENT -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- CHAPTER TWO-THINKING AS INSTRUMENTAL -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER THREE-THE METAPHYSICS OF "LEADING PRINCIPLES" -- I -- II -- III -- III -- IV-Leading Principles, Novelty and the "Paradox of Inference -- V -- VI-Leading Principles and the Theory of Probability -- VII-The Metaphysics of Knowledge -- CHAPTER FOUR-CATEGORIAL ANALYSIS -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- CHAPTER FIVE-OF HUMAN FREEDOM.
In: Ukrai͏̈na moderna: Modern Ukraine, Band 26, S. 203-209
In this article, Italian philosopher and politician Gianni Vattimo (born 1936) problematizes the concept of "the end of metaphysics," which was announced in the 20th century. In Vattimo's opinion, the early 21st century sees a return of metaphysics. This points to a certain human need. Starting from two classic narratives – Friedrich Nietzsche's postulation of the death of God, and Martin Heidegger's critique of metaphysics – Vattimo proposes two alternatives: a «metaphysics of the authorized» and the «metaphysics of the downtrodden». Although the former has discredited itself, the latter hasn't. It may be this latter metaphysics that answers the profound human need without offering totalitarian forms of control, oppression, or certainty in the existence of a single truth for all.
In: Theory and decision library
In: Series A, Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences 6
Introduction -- The material, i.e. nature -- Capitalism as we know it -- The question of revolution -- What is being proposed here -- The anti-hegelian argument -- Hypostatization : the logical argument -- A wider philosophical framework -- Metaphysics vs. the abstract -- Ruptures and oblivion -- Political economy of capitalism -- Mainstream economic theory -- Marxist theory -- Capitalism, economics, the economy -- Metaphysics vs. the concrete -- Ruptures and dynamism -- The iterative character of capitalism -- Capitalism as a cultural frame -- The philosophical explanation -- Side-effects of iterativeness -- The firm and the market -- Marketing of products -- Capitalism's politeia -- Capitalism's institutions -- The nation-state -- International deals : trade and war -- Imperialism -- Fascism again -- Capitalism vs. individuality -- Materialism is a lonely endeavour -- Capitalism is an anti-culture -- Revolution -- Individuality -- Like cut flowers -- The so-called "transformation problem" -- Intellectual drift -- Withered individuality
In: Representation and mind
In "The Metaphysics of Meaning, Jerrold J. Katz offers a radical reappraisal of the "linguistic turn" in twentieth century philosophy. He shows that the naturalism which emerged to become the dominant philosophical position was never adequately proven. Katz critiques the major arguments for contemporary naturalism and develops a new conception of the naturalistic fallacy. This conception, inspired by Moore, explains why attempts to naturalize disciplines like linguistics and logic, and perhaps ethics, will fail. He offers a Platonist view of such disciplines, justifying it as the best explanation of their autonomy, objectivity, and normativity. Katz examines in detail both Wittgenstein's arguments for a deflationary naturalism on which metaphysics transcends the limits of language, and Quine's arguments for a scientific naturalism on which epistemology is "an enterprise within natural science." He also analyzes related arguments, including Kripke's on rule following, Chomsky's for the psychological reality of language, Dummett's on the nature of theories Of meaning, and Davidson's and Putnam's against intensionalism. Katz shows that, although largely successful against the Fregean psychologized versions of intensionalism, all these arguments fail against an intensionalism that avoids both Fregeanism and psychologism. "The Metaphysics of Meaning concludes with a reassessment of the nature of philosophical problems. It explains their recalcitrance, without, like
The great German idealist philosopher G. W. F. Hegel has exerted an immense influence on the development of philosophy from the early 19th century to the present. But the metaphysical aspects of his thought are still under-appreciated. In a series of essays Robert Stern traces the development of a distinctively Hegelian approach to metaphysics and certain central metaphysical issues. The book begins with an introduction that considers this theme as a whole, followed by a section ofessays on Hegel himself. Stern then focuses on the way in which certain key metaphysical ideas in Hegel's system
In: Psychology library editions. Perception v. 33