Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

El libro parte de la hipótesis de que la metafísica occidental nace con una sobredosis, identificada por Platón con la idea del Bien en República 509b, a la que sin embargo intenta conjurar por todos los medios.

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are arguably the most important period in philosophy's history, given that they set a new and broad foundation for subsequent philosophical thought.

This book provides a survey of a number of the major issues in the philosophy of mathematics, such as ontological questions regarding the nature of mathematical objects, epistemic questions about the acquisition of mathematical knowledge, and the intriguing riddle of the applicability of mathematics to the physical world.

Jorge Manzano, SJ emprendió en este texto la tarea de leer a Henri Bergson lealmente, ateniéndose a lo dicho por él, lo escrito por él.

Die Philosophie der Person tritt mit dem Anspruch an, unser Selbstverständnis als Individuen artikulieren zu wollen.

This book provides a survey of a number of the major issues in the philosophy of mathematics, such as ontological questions regarding the nature of mathematical objects, epistemic questions about the acquisition of mathematical knowledge, and the intriguing riddle of the applicability of mathematics to the physical world.

Kant war zwar einer der bedeutendsten Kritiker der Metaphysik, aber er war kein Antimetaphysiker.

The Egyptian pyramid is one of the most mysterious structures we have on Earth.

Who carries the burden of proof in analytic philosophical debates, and how can this burden be satisfied?

"e;More than any other living scholar of medieval philosophy, Gyula Klima has influenced the way we read and understand philosophical texts by showing how the questions they ask can be placed in a modern context without loss or distortion.

This book proposes a bold idea.

This book investigates whether African cultures can appropriate some useful aspects of Western cultures, or whether doing so risks falling into the metaphysical empire and diluting African identity.

One of the great tasks of Mortimer Adlers illustrious life was his search for a watertight proof of the existence of God.

The Italian philosopher and author of Totalitarianism "e;rescues the concept of evil as an element necessary for guidance in political reflection"e; (Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review).

This book deals with questions about the nature of a priori knowledge and its relation to empirical knowledge.

In Philosophical Essays concerning Human Families, Stanley Vodraska describes a principle of moral practice that he calls ';the principle of familial preference.

We share the capacity for knowledge with animals, but it is the nature and the scope of what we may rationally believe that makes us human.

Tool-Being offers a new assessment of Martin Heidegger's famous tool-analysis, and with it, an audacious reappraisal of Heidegger's legacy to twenty-first-century philosophy.

"e;I know of no better book on the Tractatus.

Design Discourse in Abrahamic Traditions reconnects discussion of design arguments to its Jewish, Christian, and Muslim history.

An ambitious history of desire in Anglo-American religion across three centuries.

Explores concepts that bring together the thinking of Spinoza and Marx.

Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important texts in the history of ethics.

This new edition of one of Heidegger's most important works features a revised and expanded translators' introduction and an updated translation, as well as the first English versions of Heidegger's draft of a portion of the text and of his later critique of his own lectures.

A fresh, new translation of Augustine's fourth work as a Christian convert The first four works written by St.

Now in a new, affordable edition with updated notes, a superbly readable translation of Kant’s classic work This work, one of the most important texts in the history of ethics, presents Immanuel Kant’s conception of moral self-government based on pure reason.

In this comprehensive textbook, renowned philosopher J.

The philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science.

La Humanidad ha tocado a su fin y, con el ascenso de los Póstumos, se ha producido el ingreso del orbe terrestre en el titanismo de una nueva Era signada por la tecnificación telemática universal.

This book offers an ethical interpretation of the Critique of Pure Reason by establishing the historical connection between the problematic of Temporality in the philosophies of Heidegger and Levinas on the one hand, and the ground-laying of metaphysics in the schematism of Kant's critical philosophy on the other.

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.

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.

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

Freedom of the Will provides a novel interpretation of G.

Hegel and the Spirit explores the meaning of Hegel's grand philosophical category, the category of Geist, by way of what Alan Olson terms a pneumatological thesis.

Paul Newman and Karampal Singh speak to us from the higher planes about karma, a fundamental concept that is frequently misunderstood.

Personal growth is a slow process, so slow that most people are unaware of the fact that, fundamentally, we do change several times during our lives.

The VANISHMENT describes a fictional account of a modern day visitation by the late great Jesus Christ.

Have you ever asked yourself why human beings are compelled to agree?

This publication consists of a series of short notes I previously posted on Facebook.

Five Questions attempts to answer some of lifes most basic and profound philosophic questions utilizing a holistic approach.

Dieses eBook: "Träume eines Geistersehers, erläutert durch Träume der Metaphysik" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

This book gathers a set of reflections on the gift of beauty and the passion of being.

Rather than see love as a natural form of affection, Love As Human Freedom sees love as a practice that changes over time through which new social realities are brought into being.

The computer has increasingly become the principal model for the mind, which means our most basic experience of "e;reality"e; is as mediated through a screen, or stored in a cloud.

This book tells a compelling story about love, friendship, and the Divine that took over a thousand years to unfold.

Let's break down physics into interesting bits and pieces so that kids would be encouraged to actually like the subject.

The Real Meaning of Life wasn't written by an expert.

Physics helps us learn how the world around us works.