Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

First published in 1931, this book provides a brief overview of the essentials of philosophy.

First published in 1931, this book provides a brief overview of the essentials of philosophy.

McTaggart's argument for the unreality of time, first published in 1908, set the agenda for 20th-century philosophy of time.

McTaggart's argument for the unreality of time, first published in 1908, set the agenda for 20th-century philosophy of time.

For a thing to be real, it must be able to communicate with other things.

For a thing to be real, it must be able to communicate with other things.

This is the first book-length examination of the work of an important contemporary thinker in the continental tradition, William Desmond.

This is the first book-length examination of the work of an important contemporary thinker in the continental tradition, William Desmond.

It is by fitting the world into neatly defined boxes that Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain philosophers were able to gain unparalleled insights into the nature of reality, God, language and thought itself.

It is by fitting the world into neatly defined boxes that Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain philosophers were able to gain unparalleled insights into the nature of reality, God, language and thought itself.

Decentering Biotechnology explores the nature of technology, objects and patent law.

Decentering Biotechnology explores the nature of technology, objects and patent law.

This book approaches humanism in the new era in China by discussing the nature of value philosophy and by analyzing in depth the significance of value research for China's modernization and future development.

Dispositions are everywhere.

Dispositions are everywhere.

Drawing on philosophical, neurological and cultural answers to the question of what constitutes a body, this book explores the interaction between mechanistic beliefs about human bodies and the successive technologies that have established and illustrated these beliefs.

Drawing on philosophical, neurological and cultural answers to the question of what constitutes a body, this book explores the interaction between mechanistic beliefs about human bodies and the successive technologies that have established and illustrated these beliefs.

This book presents the first debate between the contemporary movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians.

This book presents the first debate between the contemporary movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians.

While some people debate whether globalization really exists, it proceeds apace, affecting all societies.

While some people debate whether globalization really exists, it proceeds apace, affecting all societies.

In the ancient conversation between Western philosophy and Christian theology, powerful contemporary voices are arguing for monologue rather than dialogue.

In the ancient conversation between Western philosophy and Christian theology, powerful contemporary voices are arguing for monologue rather than dialogue.

The themes of God, Mind and Knowledge are central to the philosophy of religion but they are now being taken up by professional philosophers who have not previously contributed to the field.

The themes of God, Mind and Knowledge are central to the philosophy of religion but they are now being taken up by professional philosophers who have not previously contributed to the field.

Is the affirmation or intensification of life a value in itself?

Is the affirmation or intensification of life a value in itself?

Sadradin Shirazi (1571-1640), known also as Mulla Sadra, spoke of the primacy of Being and promoted a new ontology, founding a new epistemology.

Sadradin Shirazi (1571-1640), known also as Mulla Sadra, spoke of the primacy of Being and promoted a new ontology, founding a new epistemology.

Plato's dialogue The Statesman has often been found structurally puzzling by commentators because of its apparent diffuseness and disjointed transitions.

Plato's dialogue The Statesman has often been found structurally puzzling by commentators because of its apparent diffuseness and disjointed transitions.

Philosophical naturalism is taken to be the preferred and reigning epistemology and metaphysics that underwrites many ideas and knowledge claims.

Philosophical naturalism is taken to be the preferred and reigning epistemology and metaphysics that underwrites many ideas and knowledge claims.

This book explores the intertwining of politics and ontology, shedding light on the ways in which, as our ability to investigate, regulate, appropriate, 'enhance' and destroy material reality have developed, so new social scientific accounts of nature and our relationship with it have emerged, together with new forms of power.

This book explores the intertwining of politics and ontology, shedding light on the ways in which, as our ability to investigate, regulate, appropriate, 'enhance' and destroy material reality have developed, so new social scientific accounts of nature and our relationship with it have emerged, together with new forms of power.

Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) is the most important Japanese philosopher of the last century.

Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) is the most important Japanese philosopher of the last century.

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Plotinus (c.

Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent world which we inhabit.

Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent world which we inhabit.

In tracing Friedrich von Schelling's long philosophical development, John Laughland examines in particular his disentanglement from German idealism and his reaction, later in life, against Hegel.

In tracing Friedrich von Schelling's long philosophical development, John Laughland examines in particular his disentanglement from German idealism and his reaction, later in life, against Hegel.

In The Foundations of Arithmetic, Gottlob Frege contended that the difference between concepts and objects was absolute.

Examining the ontological nature of social groups and the way in which groups should be regarded within moral deliberation this book makes an original contribution to the field of social philosophy.

Examining the ontological nature of social groups and the way in which groups should be regarded within moral deliberation this book makes an original contribution to the field of social philosophy.

Examining the influence of Thomas Aquinas and his followers upon the seventeenth century Puritan theologian John Owen, this book breaks new ground in exploring the impact of medieval thought upon Reformed scholasticism.

Examining the influence of Thomas Aquinas and his followers upon the seventeenth century Puritan theologian John Owen, this book breaks new ground in exploring the impact of medieval thought upon Reformed scholasticism.

The topic of vagueness re-emerged in the twentieth century from relative obscurity.

The topic of vagueness re-emerged in the twentieth century from relative obscurity.