Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

This book offers a new interpretation of Hegel''s Logic, the foundational work of his philosophical system.

A rapidly expanding Islamic revival movement shows that Islamic rationalism and not jihadism is to define twenty-first century Islam.

"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.

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In this sequel to the highly acclaimed Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth , Psillos discusses recent developments in scientific realism and explores realist theses and commitments.

Time: A Philosophical Introduction presents the philosophy of time as the central debate between being and the becoming.

Martin Heidegger's (1889-1976) criticism of Friedrich Nietzsche's nihilism represented a 'turn' in his thought.

Simon Evnine examines various epistemic aspects of what it is to be a person.

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

This volume is dedicated to questions about the nature and method of metaphysics in Classical German Philosophy.

This book traces Heidegger''s influence on a variety of political movements to fundamental ambiguities in his understanding of everydayness and nihilism.

This book provides an original and provocative combination of ethnomethodological analysis and the concepts of linguistic philosophy with a breadth and clarity unusual in this field of writing.

Why broach and challenge the question of neutrality?

Hartmann sah die Aufgabe der Philosophie nicht in der Überwindung, sondern in der kritischen Reformulierung der klassischen ontologischen Fragestellungen.

Thomas Sattig develops and defends a novel philosophical picture of ordinary objects, such as persons, tables, trees, and mountains.

Originally published in 1978.

The contents of this book represent over a decade of my work in studying and assessing critically the philosophical work in the areas related to responsibility and punishment theories.

The philosophical study of what exists and what it means for something to exist is one of the core concerns of metaphysics.

Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science asks twelve philosophers to debate six questions that are driving contemporary work in this area of philosophy.

Responding to the increasing need for new and peaceful forms of emancipation, Stuart Blaney offers a unique solution in the synergy between two pioneering strands of continental philosophy: Michael Foucault's ideas on freedom and Jacques Ranci re's ideas on equality.

For nineteenth-century thinkers, the central problem of religious consciousness in the modern West was the tension between prevailing concepts of individual autonomy and the traditional Judaeo-Christian claim for divine revelation.

Philoponus' On Aristotle Categories 1-5 discusses the nature of universals, preserving the views of Philoponus' teacher Ammonius, as well as presenting a Neoplatonist interpretation of Aristotle's Categories.

Timothy Williamson is one of the most influential living philosophers working in the areas of logic and metaphysics.

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

Die Philosophie nach Kant trägt die Signatur der Subjektivität.

Arguing About Science is an outstanding, engaging introduction to the essential topics in philosophy of science, edited by two leading experts in the field.

Godel's modal ontological argument is the centrepiece of an extensive examination of intensional logic.

This volume brings together van Inwagen''s most significant essays in this major field, addressing key topics and including two entirely new chapters.

Abu'l-Barakat is a renowned philosopher of the Arabic-Jewish milieu who composed in his magnum opus the Kitab al-Mu'tabar, a comprehensive metaphysics which challenged the accepted notions of the traditional metaphysical philosophy.

The future of public space is uncertain.

This book provides an exhaustive overview of the ontology of relations.

With the publication of The Use of Bodies (2016), Agamben's multi-volume Homo Sacer project has come to an end, or to paraphrase Agamben, has been abandoned.

The revival of Leibniz studies in the past twenty-five years has cast important new light on both the context and content of Leibniz's philosophical thought.

A collection of essays by leading scholars of Aristotle which illuminate key ideas at the heart of his philosophy.

This interdisciplinary analysis presents an innovative examination of the nature of pride and humility, including all their slippery nuances and points of connection.

Analyzing paradoxes proves interesting results regarding philosophical progress, agreement, knockdown arguments, belief, the status of metaphysics, and common sense.

Fourteen newly commissioned essays trace the historical development of the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, which lies at the intersection of issues in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of perception.

Comparisons between morality and other 'companion' disciplines - such as mathematics, religion, or aesthetics - are commonly used in philosophy, often in the context of arguing for the objectivity of morality.

The book seeks to characterize reflexive conceptual structures more thoroughly and more precisely than has been done before, making explicit the structure of paradox and the clear connections to major logical results.