Metaphysics

Possibility offers a new analysis of the metaphysical concepts of possibility and necessity, one that does not rely on any sort of 'possible worlds'. The analysis proceeds from an account of the notion of a physical object and from the positing of...

While well-known for his book-length work, philosopher Peter Unger's articles have been less widely accessible. These two volumes of Unger's Philosophical Papers include articles spanning more than 35 years of Unger's long and fruitful career. Dividing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013268533Author David AtkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Arguments that ordinary inanimate objects such as tables and chairs, sticks and stones, simply do not exist have become increasingly common and increasingly prominent. Some are based on demands for parsimony or for a non-arbitrary answer to the special...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994595867Author Miguel Angel FernandezFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Manticore PressPublisher Manticore PressWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm)...

Fuery explores the relationship between post-structuralism and absence. In order to understand the psychoanalytic theory of Lacan (and Freud), the deconstructionalist methodology of Derrida, Foucault's studies of systems of thought, and Kristeva's...

A team of leading experts investigate a range of philosophical issues to do with the self and self-knowledge. Self and Self-Knowledge focuses on two main problems: how to account for I-thoughts and the consequences that doing so would have for our notion...

The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and possibility, and related notions--are they objective features of mind-independent reality? If so, are they irreducible, or can modal facts be explained in other terms? This volume presents new work on...

Why should the sociologist concern himself with time? asks Franco Ferrarotti in his latest work. Temporality is, he argues, the essential fluid dimension in the study of the social. Including time as a factor in sociological analysis is the only way to...

Robert Heeger has been professor of ethics at Utrecht University since 1977, both at the Faculty of Theology and at the Faculty of Philosophy. Since 1985, he has also been teaching at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Before he came to Utrecht, he had...

This volume stems chiefly from a research symposiumofthe same title held in Delray Beach, Florida during May 1997 with the sponsorship of Florida Atlantic University and the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, Inc.The papers from that...

The papers collected here represent the most recent work on a much neglected problem in practical reasoning. It is the problem of imperceptible harms and benefits. It is perhaps better to characterize the problem as a collection of puzzles or paradoxes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802807243Author Mr Gerhard SauterFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975512364Author Vipin MehtaFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Fulbright PublishingPublisher Fulbright PublishingWeight(grams) 515g

Frank Arntzenius presents a series of radical new ideas about the structure of space and time. Space, Time, and Stuff is an attempt to show that physics is geometry: that the fundamental structure of the physical world is purely geometrical structure...

In this rich collection of philosophical writings, Stanley Rosen addresses a wide range of topics-from eros, poetry, and freedom to problems like negation and the epistemological status of sense perception. Though diverse in subject, Rosen's essays share...

Two hundred years after his death, Kant remains one of the most important modern philosophers. The Prolegomena is the ideal introduction to Kant's unique account of the nature human knowledge, according to which we actively shape the world as we know it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999704967Author Gregory L ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Existenceps PressPublisher Existenceps PressWeight(grams) 508g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981904993Author Stephen BlahaFormat PaperbackImprint Pingree-Hill PublishingPublisher Pingree-Hill PublishingWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorrtin /f GottfriedBook InformationISBN 9780837171548Format HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

It is an obvious fact that human agency is constrained and structured by many kinds of rules: rules that are constitutive for communication, morality, persons, and society, and juridical rules. So the question is: what roles are played by social rules...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876045077Author Traci SlattonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ARE PressPublisher ARE PressDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

Necessary Beings is concerned with two central areas of metaphysics: modality--the theory of necessity, possibility, and other related notions; and ontology--the general study of what kinds of entities there are. Bob Hale's overarching purpose is to...

Michail Peramatzis presents a new interpretation of Aristotle's view of the priority relations between fundamental and derivative parts of reality, following the recent revival of interest in Aristotelian discussions of what priority consists in and how...

Concerns about philosophical methodology have emerged as a central issue in contemporary philosophical discussions. In this volume, Tamar Gendler draws together fourteen essays that together illuminate this topic. Three intertwined themes connect the...

Henry E. Allison presents a comprehensive commentary on Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785). It differs from most recent commentaries in paying special attention to the structure of the work, the historical context in which it was...

Causation is everywhere in the world: it features in every science and technology. But how much do we truly understand it? Do we know what it means to say that one thing is a cause of another and do we understand what in the world drives causation?...

In recent decades, the analysis of causal relations has become a topic of central importance in analytic philosophy. More recently, dispositional properties have also become objects of intense study. Both of these phenomena appear to be intimately...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645249217Author O M KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Margaret KellyPublisher Margaret KellyWeight(grams) 322g

The most important debate between twentieth-century philosophers of time has been whether events that have happened, are happening, or will happen are equally real (the tenseless theory of time) or whether there is a fundamental distinction between past,...

The non-technical, basic yet familiar features of time are investigated, e.g. two novel, detailed arguments defending the common view that 'time rolls relentlessly' are advanced; a number of hitherto neglected fundamental differences between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956764904Author Alan McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Alan McKenziePublisher Alan McKenzieWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 127mm * 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692568743Author Charles David PruettFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Alba Enterprises LLCPublisher Alba Enterprises LLCWeight(grams) 526g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999704974Author Gregory L ScottFormat HardbackPage Count 382Imprint Existenceps PressPublisher Existenceps PressWeight(grams) 676g

There are few more unsettling philosophical questions than this: What happens in attempts to reduce some properties to some other more fundamental properties? Reflection on this question inevitably touches on very deep issues about ourselves, our own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780945303244Author John Roland StahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Evanescent PressPublisher Evanescent PressWeight(grams) 723g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982676912Author Nina BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Cauda PavonisPublisher Cauda PavonisWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974593364Author Mani PureheartFormat PaperbackPage Count 574Imprint F.O.T.L. PressPublisher F.O.T.L. PressWeight(grams) 757g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975309391Author Annie, BesantFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Murine CommunicationsPublisher Murine CommunicationsWeight(grams) 790gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820442587Author Bernard FreydbergFormat HardbackPage Count 211Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 440g