Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

Leading scholars of Kant examine and elucidate his views on evil and how they can be extended to contemporary questions.

This book discusses the philosophical work of Decio Krause.

Philosophers, historians, ethicists, and theologians provide the perspectives of their fields on astrobiology for graduate students and researchers.

These essays will interest readers working on both Ancient Greek philosophy and contemporary analytical concerns.

A vision of how realism can provide a consistent and coherent account of scientific knowledge.

In this book, Claudia Baracchi demonstrates the indissoluble links between practical and theoretical wisdom in Aristotle''s thinking.

Lynne Rudder Baker presents a unique account of the material world: the Constitution View.

Few thinkers have had as much impact on contemporary philosophy as has Alvin Plantinga.

This book examines what is living and dead in the social philosophy of Theodor W.

This is a paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on Kant''s seminal work of moral philosophy.

Gorner conveys the essence of Heidegger''s project, creating an accessible introduction for students.

An edition of Hume''s influential work on religion, including several of his shorter texts.

This is a powerful comparative history of philosophical thought in the two halves of Christendom.

A translation of Kant''s mature reflections on issues in the philosophy of natural science.

In this volume, Daniel A.

In this 2006 volume, Alexander Pruss examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the Principle of Sufficient Reason.

Graham Oppy examines how the infinite lurks everywhere.

This collection explores the structure of consciousness and its place in the world.

This volume provides an extensive translation of the notes and fragments that survived Kant''s death in 1804.

A book about Kant''s views on causality as understood in their proper historical context.

This book presents a selection of texts by the most celebrated philosophers of the classical period of Islam.

This book is a major contribution to the study of the philosopher F.

This 2003 book is a full treatment of the comprehensive defense of ''realization physicalism''.

A substantially revised and expanded edition of David Wiggins'' classic work Sameness and Substance.

A novel and philosophically illuminating account of Descartes''s metaphysics and its immediate historical context.

This book is devoted to Quine and Davidson.

A sustained re-evaluation of the most central and perplexing themes of Leibniz''s metaphysics.

A wide-ranging and illuminating examination of the relation between appearance and reality.

One of the seventeenth century's most important thinkers, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz exercised enormous influence on the philosophy of Herder, Feuerbach, and Hegel as well as on the writings of Schiller and Goethe.

The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics is a definitive introduction to the core areas of metaphysics.

Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine s Semantic Relationism is a major contribution to the philosophy of language.

Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is widely considered to be one of the most important moral philosophers of the twentieth century.

Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is widely considered to be one of the most important moral philosophers of the twentieth century.

This volume explores the potential of employing a relational paradigm for the purposes of interdisciplinary exchange.

This volume explores the potential of employing a relational paradigm for the purposes of interdisciplinary exchange.

Accounts of human and animal action have been central to modern philosophy from Suarez and Hobbes in the sixteenth century to Wittgenstein and Anscombe in the mid-twentieth century via Locke, Hume, Kant, and Hegel, among many others.

Accounts of human and animal action have been central to modern philosophy from Suarez and Hobbes in the sixteenth century to Wittgenstein and Anscombe in the mid-twentieth century via Locke, Hume, Kant, and Hegel, among many others.

Originally published in 1998, Easels of Utopia presents a discussion of art's duration and contingency within the avant garde's aesthetic parameters, which throughout this century have constructed, influenced, and informed our definitions of modernity.

Originally published in 1998, Easels of Utopia presents a discussion of art's duration and contingency within the avant garde's aesthetic parameters, which throughout this century have constructed, influenced, and informed our definitions of modernity.

Published in 1900, this is a collection of one of Britain's most prolific metaphysic thinkers of the 19th century.

Published in 1900, this is a collection of one of Britain's most prolific metaphysic thinkers of the 19th century.

First published in 1999, this volume re-examines Bertrand Russell's views on modal logic and logical relevance, arguing that Russell does in fact accommodate modality and modal logic.

First published in 1999, this volume re-examines Bertrand Russell's views on modal logic and logical relevance, arguing that Russell does in fact accommodate modality and modal logic.

Since 2013, an organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project has brought before the New York State courts an unusual request-asking for habeas corpus hearings to determine whether Kiko and Tommy, two captive chimpanzees, should be considered legal persons with the fundamental right to bodily liberty.

Since 2013, an organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project has brought before the New York State courts an unusual request-asking for habeas corpus hearings to determine whether Kiko and Tommy, two captive chimpanzees, should be considered legal persons with the fundamental right to bodily liberty.

First published in 1998, this volume responded to and evaluated criticisms of McTaggart's atemporal philosophy of time.

First published in 1998, this volume responded to and evaluated criticisms of McTaggart's atemporal philosophy of time.

First published in 1903, Taylor endeavours to provide a detailed study of metaphysic as a discipline.