Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

This cutting-edge title explores how narrating the past both conflicts and creates an interesting relationship with drama's 'continuing present' that arcs towards an unpredictable future.

This book breathes new life into the study of liminal experiences of transition and transformation, or 'becoming'.

Pragmatist philosopher William James has long been deemed a dubious guide to ethical reasoning.

This book marks a major new reassessment of Camus's writing investigating the nature and philosophical origins of Camus's thinking on 'authenticity' and 'the absurd' as these notions are expressed in The Myth of Sisyphus and The Outsider.

This volume explores the connections between Thomas Aquinas' doctrine of natural law and contemporary social thought.

This book studies literary epiphany as a modality of character in the British and American novel.

Dustin McWherter defends the possibility of critical ontology by pitting Roy Bhaskar's attempt to rehabilitate ontology in the philosophy of science against Kant's attempt to replace traditional ontology with an account of cognitive experience.

Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit.

Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit.

Essentialism--roughly, the view that natural kinds have discrete essences, generating truths that are necessary but knowable only a posteriori--is an increasingly popular view in the metaphysics of science.

Essentialism--roughly, the view that natural kinds have discrete essences, generating truths that are necessary but knowable only a posteriori--is an increasingly popular view in the metaphysics of science.

This volume is a collection of papers that advance our understanding of the metaphysics of powers - properties such as fragility and electric charge.

This volume is a collection of papers that advance our understanding of the metaphysics of powers - properties such as fragility and electric charge.

The concept of emergence has seen a significant resurgence in philosophy and the sciences, yet debates regarding emergentist and reductionist visions of the natural world continue to be hampered by imprecision or ambiguity.

The concept of emergence has seen a significant resurgence in philosophy and the sciences, yet debates regarding emergentist and reductionist visions of the natural world continue to be hampered by imprecision or ambiguity.

Is current archaeological theory stuck at an impasse?

Is current archaeological theory stuck at an impasse?

Is the world of appearances the real world?

Is the world of appearances the real world?

Freedom of the Will provides a novel interpretation of G.

Freedom of the Will provides a novel interpretation of G.

Popper's Critical Rationalism presents Popper's views on science, knowledge, and inquiry, and examines the significance and tenability of these in light of recent developments in philosophy of science, philosophy of probability, and epistemology.

Popper's Critical Rationalism presents Popper's views on science, knowledge, and inquiry, and examines the significance and tenability of these in light of recent developments in philosophy of science, philosophy of probability, and epistemology.

Der international renommierte Philosoph Byung-Chul Han widmet sich der Schönheit der Erde und der Natur.

'Informative, accessible, and fun to read- this is an excellent reference guide for undergraduates and anyone wanting an introduction to the fundamental issues of metaphysics.

'Informative, accessible, and fun to read- this is an excellent reference guide for undergraduates and anyone wanting an introduction to the fundamental issues of metaphysics.

Does God exist?

Does God exist?

Conservative Reductionism sets out a new theory of the relationship between physics and the special sciences within the framework of functionalism.

Conservative Reductionism sets out a new theory of the relationship between physics and the special sciences within the framework of functionalism.

Ontological materialism, in its various forms, has become the orthodox view in contemporary philosophy of mind.

Ontological materialism, in its various forms, has become the orthodox view in contemporary philosophy of mind.

Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg's updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction.

Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg's updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction.

By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers.

By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers.

This book presents a series of ontological investigations into an adequate theory of embodiment for the social sciences.

This book presents a series of ontological investigations into an adequate theory of embodiment for the social sciences.

The last century has seen enormous progress in our understanding of time.

The last century has seen enormous progress in our understanding of time.

This study addresses a central theme in current philosophy: Platonism vs Naturalism and provides accounts of both approaches to mathematics, crucially discussing Quine, Maddy, Kitcher, Lakoff, Colyvan, and many others.

This study addresses a central theme in current philosophy: Platonism vs Naturalism and provides accounts of both approaches to mathematics, crucially discussing Quine, Maddy, Kitcher, Lakoff, Colyvan, and many others.

While the phrase "e;metaphysics of science"e; has been used from time to time, it has only recently begun to denote a specific research area where metaphysics meets philosophy of science-and the sciences themselves.

While the phrase "e;metaphysics of science"e; has been used from time to time, it has only recently begun to denote a specific research area where metaphysics meets philosophy of science-and the sciences themselves.

Epistemology is one of the oldest, yet still one of the most active, areas of philosophical research today.

Epistemology is one of the oldest, yet still one of the most active, areas of philosophical research today.

Contrastivism can be applied to a variety of problems within philosophy, and as such, it can be coherently seen as a unified movement.

Contrastivism can be applied to a variety of problems within philosophy, and as such, it can be coherently seen as a unified movement.

Philosophy of mind is one of the most dynamic fields in philosophy, and one that invites debate around several key questions.

Philosophy of mind is one of the most dynamic fields in philosophy, and one that invites debate around several key questions.