Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download A Preface To Metaphysics full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online A Preface To Metaphysics ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Jacques Maritain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Preface to Metaphysics written by Jacques Maritain and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Loux
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134144873
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Metaphysics written by Michael Loux and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Metaphysics' is aimed at students of metaphysics who have already completed an introductory philosophy course. This third edition provides a fresh look at the key topics in metaphysics and includes new chapters on time and causation.
Author : Jean Grondin
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231527233
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Metaphysics written by Jean Grondin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Grondin completes the first history of metaphysics and respects both the analytical and the Continental schools while transcending the theoretical limitations of each. He reviews seminal texts by Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Augustine. He follows the theological turn in the metaphysical thought of Avicenna, Anselm, Aquinas, and Duns Scotus, and he revisits Descartes and the cogito; Spinoza and Leibniz's rationalist approaches; Kant's reclaiming of the metaphysical tradition; and post-Kantian practice up to Hegel. He engages with twentieth century innovations that upended the discipline, particularly Heidegger's revival of the question of Being and the rediscovery of the metaphysics of existence by Sartre and the Existentialists, language by Gadamer and Derrida, and transcendence by Levinas. Metaphysics is often dismissed as a form or epoch of philosophy that must be overcome, yet by promoting a full understanding of its platform and processes, Grondin reveals its cogent approach to reality and foundational influence on modern philosophy and science. By restoring the value of metaphysics for contemporary audiences, Grondin showcases the rich currents and countercurrents of metaphysical thought and its future possibilities.
Author : Jacques Maritain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (313 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Metaphysics written by Jacques Maritain and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jacques Maritain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (658 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Metaphysics written by Jacques Maritain and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack S. Crumley II
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770488235
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Metaphysics written by Jack S. Crumley II and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Metaphysics offers an engrossing survey of central metaphysical topics, including truth, universals, the nature of mind, personal identity, free will, time, and the existence of God. The book is pitched at an intermediate undergraduate level and is suitable for students without background knowledge in these areas. Topically organized, it examines a variety of historical and contemporary positions relevant to each of the included themes. Memorable and amusing drawings by Gillian Wilson are interspersed throughout the text to illustrate concepts and examples.
Author : Jacques Maritain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (471 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Metaphysics written by Jacques Maritain and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Molnar
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191514012
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Powers written by George Molnar and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2006-11-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Molnar came to see that the solution to a number of the problems of contemporary philosophy lay in the development of an alternative to Hume's metaphysics. This alternative would have real causal powers at its centre. Molnar set about developing a thorough account of powers that might persuade those who remained, perhaps unknowingly, in the grip of Humean assumptions. He succeeded in producing something both highly focused and at the same time wide-ranging. He showed both that the notion of a power was central and that it could serve to dispel a number of long-standing philosophical problems. Molnar's account of powers is as realist as any that has so far appeared. He shows that dispositions are as real as any other properties. Specifically, they do not depend for their existence on their manifestations. Nevertheless, they are directed towards such manifestations. Molnar thus appropriates the notion of intentionality, from Brentano, and argues that it is the essential characteristic of powers. He offers a persuasive case for there being some basic and ungrounded powers, thus ruling out the reducibility of the dispositional to the non-dispositional. However, he does allow that there are non-power properties as well as power properties. In this respect, his final position is dualistic. This is contemporary metaphysics of the highest quality. It is a work that was almost complete when its author died. It has been edited for publication by another specialist in the subject, Stephen Mumford, who has also provided an introduction that will allow non-specialists to become acquainted with the issues. David Armstrong, one of the greatest living metaphysicians and personal friend of George Molnar, has provided a Foreword.
Author : Jacques 1882-1973 Maritain
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781013866951
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (669 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Metaphysics written by Jacques 1882-1973 Maritain and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Martin O. Vaske
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789126320
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Metaphysics written by Martin O. Vaske and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear, solid and succinct textbook in metaphysics, An Introduction to Metaphysics, which was first published in 1963, begins with a chapter on the existence of all things (including ourselves) and then proceeds to discuss the subjects of changing existents; participating, multiple existents; efficient causes; final and exemplary causes; the Primary Cause; the transcendental properties; categories of limited being; and the analogy of being.
Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141912014
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Metaphysics written by Aristotle and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-05-27 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hardheaded view that all processes are ultimately material. He argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms, and in so doing he probed some of the deepest questions of philosophy: What is existence? How is change possible? And are there certain things that must exist for anything else to exist at all? The seminal notions discussed in The Metaphysics - of 'substance' and associated concepts of matter and form, essence and accident, potentiality and actuality - have had a profound and enduring influence, and laid the foundations for one of the central branches of Western philosophy.
Author : Markus Schrenk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317273052
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Metaphysics of Science written by Markus Schrenk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphysics and science have a long but troubled relationship. In the twentieth century the Logical Positivists argued metaphysics was irrelevant and that philosophy should be guided by science. However, metaphysics and science attempt to answer many of the same, fundamental questions: What are laws of nature? What is causation? What are natural kinds? In this book, Markus Schrenk examines and explains the central questions and problems in the metaphysics of science. He reviews the development of the field from the early modern period through to the latest research, systematically assessing key topics including: dispositions counterfactual conditionals laws of nature causation properties natural kinds essence necessity. With the addition of chapter summaries and annotated further reading, Metaphysics of Science is a much-needed, clear and informative survey of this exciting area of philosophical research. It is essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy of science and metaphysics.
Author : John F. X. Knasas
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Preface to Thomistic Metaphysics written by John F. X. Knasas and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book intends to break the current impass in neo-Thomist debate on how to begin metaphysics. The debate assumes that metaphysics starts with attaining concepts appreciated as spanning both the material and immaterial orders of reality. Taking inspiration from Joseph Owens' work in Aquinas, Knasas questions this assumption and shows that no philosophical nor textual exigency for the assumption exists. For the entry into metaphysics, Knasas substitutes simply a judgmental grasp of the esse of sensible things.
Author : John W. Carroll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521826292
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Metaphysics written by John W. Carroll and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-08 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses and invites students to reflect on topics such as causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, and material objects.
Author : Martin Heidegger
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300186126
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Metaphysics written by Martin Heidegger and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics is one of the most important works written by this towering figure in twentieth-century philosophy. It includes a powerful reinterpretation of Greek thought, a sweeping vision of Western history, and a glimpse of the reasons behind Heidegger's support of the Nazi Party in the 1930s. Heidegger tries to reawaken the "question of Being" by challenging some of the most enduring prejudices embedded in Western philosophy and in our everyday practices and language. Furthermore, he relates this question to the insights of Greek tragedy into the human condition and to the political and cultural crises of modernity. This new translation makes this work more accessible to students than ever before. It combines smoothness with accuracy and provides conventional translations of Greek passages that Heidegger translated unconventionally. There are also extensive notes, a German-English glossary, and an introduction that discusses the history of the text, its basic themes, and its place in Heidegger's oeuvre.
Author : James Hugh Ryan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Philosophy written by James Hugh Ryan and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143841711X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Process Metaphysics written by Nicholas Rescher and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1996-02-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a synoptic, compact, and accessible exposition for readers who want to inform themselves regarding this influential and interesting sector of twentieth-century American philosophy.
