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Metaphysics and Ontology Without Myths

Author : Fabio Bacchini
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443868272
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Metaphysics and Ontology Without Myths written by Fabio Bacchini and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphysics and ontology feature among the traditional and fundamental concerns of philosophers. Gaining a picture of the world and the kind of objects that exist out there is for most philosophers (past and present) a preliminary aim upon which other theoretical activities depend. In fact, it seems that sound conclusions on topics relevant to ethics, aesthetics, psychology, and common and scientific knowledge can be achieved only after one has been given a picture of that sort. What is worth stressing, though, is that from time to time the tribunal of history has managed to put its finger on some flawed conclusions. To take a time-worn example, who would now accept Plato’s claim that the spatiotemporal world is just an imperfect copy of a world of abstract objects conceived of as perfect unchanging models of concrete things? The picture Plato gave us is nothing but a myth – an account which is too far away from what common sense and science could accept, too detached from the usual ways of conducting a rational discussion. Therefore, pictures of this kind appear to be supported by nothing but dogmas, i.e. uncompromising principles taken as true without any previous critical analysis. And Plato has no shortage of company. Issues of this kind revolving around metaphysics and ontology are tackled in the essays in this volume, which approach a secular debate in fresh and original ways, providing the necessary tools for clearing the field of unpalatable metaphysical and ontological items.

Metaphysical Myths, Mathematical Practice

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521442230
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Metaphysical Myths, Mathematical Practice written by Jody Azzouni and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-02-25 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original and exciting study offers a completely new perspective on the philosophy of mathematics. Most philosophers of mathematics try to show either that the sort of knowledge mathematicians have is similar to the sort of knowledge specialists in the empirical sciences have or that the kind of knowledge mathematicians have, although apparently about objects such as numbers, sets, and so on, isn't really about those sorts of things at all. Jody Azzouni argues that mathematical knowledge is a special kind of knowledge that must be gathered in its own unique way. He analyzes the linguistic pitfalls and misperceptions philosophers in this field are often prone to, and explores the misapplications of epistemic principles from the empirical sciences to the exact sciences. What emerges is a picture of mathematics sensitive both to mathematical practice and to the ontological and epistemological issues that concern philosophers. The book will be of special interest to philosophers of science, mathematics, logic, and language. It should also interest mathematicians themselves.

Ontology Without Borders

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190622555
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Ontology Without Borders written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new approach to the metaphysics, background logic, and semantics of ontological debate, Ontology Without Borders offers new solutions to perennial philosophical puzzles about constitution and the nonexistent. Book jacket.

Metaphysics or Ontology?

Author : Piotr Jaroszyński
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004359877
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Metaphysics or Ontology? written by Piotr Jaroszyński and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphysics or Ontology? treats the evolution of the object of metaphysics from being, to the concept of being, to, finally, the object (thought). Possible being must be non-contradictory, but an object of thought includes anything a human being can think, including contradictions and nothingness. When the concept of being, or object of thought, replaces existence as the object of metaphysics, it becomes something other than metaphysics—ontology, or something beyond ontology. However, ontology cannot examine existence because it only investigates concepts and possibility. Only classical metaphysics investigates reality qua reality. This book masterfully treats the history of this controversy and many other important metaphysical questions raised over the centuries

Myth and Metaphysics

Author : W.A. Luijpen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401013578
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Myth and Metaphysics written by W.A. Luijpen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to interpret man's religious existence, an inter pretation for which some of the groundwork was laid by the author's book PHENOMENOLOGY AND ATHEISM (Duquesne University Press, 2nd impression, 1965). That work explored the "denial" of God by the leading atheists and came to terms with the most typical forms assumed by their "denials". Nevertheless, I am not an adherent of atheism. The reason why it is possible to agree with many "atheists" without becoming one of them is that man can misunderstand his own religiousness or lapse into an inauthentic form of being a believer. What many "atheists" unmask is one or the other form of pseudo-religiousness which should be unmasked. On the other hand, I have also constantly refused to identify religiousness with such inauthentic forms and to define it in terms of those forms - just as I refuse to identify the appendix with appendicitis, the heart with an infarct, the psyche as a disturbance, and marriage as a fight. The book offered here has been written since the rise of the radical "God is dead" theology. This "theology" without God has often been presented as the only form of theological thought still suitable for "modern man". As the reader will notice, I reject the brash facility with which some "modern men" measure the relevance of "anything" by its "modernity".

Myths of the Self

Author : Olav Bryant Smith
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739108437
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Myths of the Self written by Olav Bryant Smith and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Olav Bryant Smith, Kant's "critical philosophy," precisely his defense of necessary knowledge, inadvertantly opened the door to discussions of interpretive philosophy and ultimately postmodernity. This unique opening to a discussion of postmodern thought framesMyths of the Self: Narrative Identity and Postmodern Metaphysics. Author Olav Smith uses process philosophy, specifically the constructive postmodern metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead, to move away from the skepticism of modernity. This maneuver, along with an invigorating discussion of not often paired philosophers: Kant, Heidegger, Whitehead, and Ricoeur, leads readers into a discussion of the self that is a synthesis of a narrative theory of identity and a constructive "postmodern" metaphysics. Smith's original approach to Kant'sCritique of Reason, his unique pairing of Heidegger and Whitehead as well as Whitehead and Ricoeur makes this book essential reading for philisophers working in the Continental and especially the Analytic American tradition.

Fundamentals of Ontological Commitment

Author : Paolo Valore
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110459035
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Ontological Commitment written by Paolo Valore and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific literature on particular themes in ontology is extremely abundant, but it is often very hard for freshmen or sophomores to find a red thread between the various proposals. This text is an opinionated introduction, a preliminary text to research in ontology from the so called standard approach to ontological commitment, that is from the particular point of view that connects ontological questions to quantificational questions. It offers a survey of this viewpoint in ontology together with their possible applications through a broad array of examples and open problems and, at the same time, essential references to the classics of philosophy, so as to allow non-specialists to understand the terms and analysis procedures characterizing the discipline. Its result is a wide-ranging overview of the issued tackled by ontology, with a particular focus on the most relevant problems of contemporary debate (categorial taxonomies, nonexistent objects, case studies of ontological debates in specific fields of knowledge).

Realism and antirealism in metaphysics, science and language

Author : AA. VV.
Publisher : FrancoAngeli
ISBN 13 : 8835158125
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Realism and antirealism in metaphysics, science and language written by AA. VV. and published by FrancoAngeli. This book was released on 2024-02-01T00:00:00+01:00 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 490.113

Natural and Artifactual Objects in Contemporary Metaphysics

Author : Richard Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350066338
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Natural and Artifactual Objects in Contemporary Metaphysics written by Richard Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is an object? How do we look at them? Why do they matter? This collection presents a lively, timely discussion of natural and artifactual objects, considering the relationship between them from a range of philosophical perspectives, including the philosophy of biology, the metaphysics of space and the philosophy of perception. Beginning from the starting point that natural objects are bona fide, endowed with some natural border between themselves and everything else, while artifactual objects depend on the observation of tacit conventions and may include the ordinary objects of everyday life, this volume explores, contextualises and interrogates objects. Contributors discuss a variety of objects including physical, scientific and mental ones, as well as things that appear to question the limits of object-hood, including holes, Quinean 'posits' and language. The very first collection to address this growing topic within analytic philosophy, Natural and Artifactual Objects in Contemporary Metaphysics represents a highly original work, showcasing some of the most important and influential philosophers working in Europe today.

Living-With Wisdom

Author : Alexander Badman-King
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000335372
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Living-With Wisdom written by Alexander Badman-King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living-With Wisdom explores the way in which ancient Greek models of philosophy as an attempt to live ‘the good life’ can and should be realised through the practice of permaculture. Following the thought of Plato and Aristotle, the author places the achievement of wisdom and fulfilment at the centre of the good life, identifying these with the achievement of a complex admixture of virtues, which are dependent on an appreciation of goodness itself. The book then examines the manner in which permaculture – or the practice of sustainable farming or ethical gardening – can provide us with the best opportunity to acquire this ‘moral knowledge’ through the close relationships we can have with other living beings and things. A study of the nature of wisdom and a means of ‘living-with philosophy’, Living-With Wisdom: Permaculture and Symbiotic Ethics reveals that it is by appreciating and sharing in the lives of other organisms that we engage with many dilemmas of life and death and have the opportunity to exercise the virtues. As such, it will appeal to scholars of philosophy, social theory and anthrozoology with interests in virtue ethics, environmental ethics, animal ethics and human-animal relations.

Metaphysical Myths, Mathematical Practice

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Metaphysical Myths, Mathematical Practice written by Jody Azzouni and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Elements and Patterns of Being

Author : Donald C. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198810385
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Elements and Patterns of Being written by Donald C. Williams and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald C. Williams (1899-1983) was a key figure in the development of analytic philosophy. This book will be the definitive source for his highly original work, which did much to bring metaphysics back into fashion. It presents six classic papers and six previously unpublished, revealing his full philosophical vision for the first time.

The Meaning of Something

Author : Fosca Mariani Zini
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303109610X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Something written by Fosca Mariani Zini and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative volume investigates the meaning of ‘something’ in different recent philosophical traditions in order to rethink the logic and the unity of ontology, without forgetting to compare these views to earlier significative accounts in the history of philosophy. In fact, the revival of interest in “something” in the 19th and 20th centuries as well as in contemporary philosophy can easily be accounted for: it affords the possibility for asking the question: what is there? without engaging in predefined speculative assumptions The issue about “something” seems to avoid any naive approach to the question about what there is, so that it is treated in two main contemporary philosophical trends: “material ontology”, which aims at taking “inventory” of what there is, of everything that is; and “formal ontology”, which analyses the structural features of all there is, whatever it is. The volume advances cutting-edge debates on what is the first et the most general item in ontology, that is to say “something”, because the relevant features of the conceptual core of something are: non-nothingness, otherness. Something means that one being is different from others. The relationality belongs to something.: Therefore, the volume advances cutting-edge debates in phenomenology, analytic philosophy, formal and material ontology, traditional metaphysics.

Words and Distinctions for the Common Good

Author : Gabriel Abend
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691247064
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Words and Distinctions for the Common Good written by Gabriel Abend and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about it Social scientists do research on a variety of topics—gender, capitalism, populism, and race and ethnicity, among others. They make descriptive and explanatory claims about empathy, intelligence, neoliberalism, and power. They advise policymakers on diversity, digitalization, work, and religion. And yet, as Gabriel Abend points out in this provocative book, they can’t agree on what these things are and how to identify them. How to tell if something is a religion or a cult or a sect? What is empathy? What makes this society a capitalist one? Disputes of this sort arise again and again in the social sciences. Abend argues that these disagreements have been doubly misconceived. First, they conflate two questions: how a social science community should use its most important words, and what distinctions it should accept and work with. Second, there’s no fact of the matter about either. Instead, they’re practical reason questions for a community, which aim at epistemically and morally good outcomes. Abend calls on social science communities to work together on their words, distinctions, and classifications. They must make collective decisions about the uses of words, the acceptability of distinctions, and the criteria for assessing both. These decisions aren’t up to individual scholars; the community gets the last word. According to Abend, the common good, justice, and equality should play a significant role in the logic of scientific research. Gabriel Abend is professor of sociology at University of Lucerne and the author of The Moral Background: An Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics (Princeton).

The Theory and Practice of Ontology

Author : Leo Zaibert
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137552786
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Ontology written by Leo Zaibert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides close examination of ontology and the work of Professor Barry Smith, one of the most prolific philosophers of the modern day. In this book numerous scholars who have collaborated with Smith explore the various disciplines in which the impact of his work has been felt over the breadth of his career, including biology, computer science and informatics, cognitive science, economics, genetics, geography, law, neurology, and philosophy itself. While offering in-depth perspectives on ontology, the book also expands upon the breadth of Smith’s influence. With insights from renowned and influential scholars from many different countries, this book is an informative and enlightening celebration of all Smith has contributed to numerous academic schools of thought.

Brill's Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

Author : Andrea Borghini
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004400168
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Brill's Companion to the Philosophy of Biology written by Andrea Borghini and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translated volume by Andrea Borghini and Elena Casetta (original title: Filosofia della biologia) introduces a wide spectrum of key philosophical problems related to life sciences in a clear framework and an accessible style, with a special emphasis on metaphysical questions.

Forms of Life and Subjectivity

Author : Daniel Rueda Garrido
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1800642210
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Forms of Life and Subjectivity written by Daniel Rueda Garrido and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forms of Life and Subjectivity: Rethinking Sartre’s Philosophy explores the fundamental question of why we act as we do. Informed by an ontological and phenomenological approach, and building mainly, but not exclusively, on the thought of Sartre, Daniel Rueda Garrido considers the concept of a "form of life” as a term that bridges the gap between subjective identity and communities. This first systematic ontology of "forms of life” seeks to understand why we act in certain ways, and why we cling to certain identities, such as nationalisms, social movements, cultural minorities, racism, or religion. The answer, as Rueda Garrido argues, depends on an understanding of ourselves as "forms of life” that remains sensitive to the relationship between ontology and power, between what we want to be and what we ought to be. Structured in seven chapters, Rueda Garrido’s investigation yields illuminating and timely discussions of conversion, the constitution of subjectivity as an intersubjective self, the distinction between imitation and reproduction, the relationship between freedom and facticity, and the dialectical process by which two particular ways of being and acting enter into a situation of assimilation-resistance, as exemplified by capitalist and artistic forms of life. This ambitious and original work will be of great interest to scholars and students of philosophy, social sciences, cultural studies, psychology and anthropology. Its wide-ranging reflection on the human being and society will also appeal to the general reader of philosophy.