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Approaches to Metaphysics: 26 Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004 Edition
Author(s): William Sweet
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 13 Nov. 2013
- Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 346 pages
- ISBN-10: 9401740038
- ISBN-13: 9789401740036
Book Description
Today, when systematic philosophy – and reason itself – are challenged both outside of and within philosophy, is it still possible to do metaphysics? This volume provides a broad perspective on contemporary approaches to the nature and the fundamental questions of metaphysics. Drawing on scholars from continental Europe, Asia, Canada, the United States, and Great Britain, and representing a variety of philosophical cultures and traditions, this volume surveys and extends work in metaphysics and its implications for broader philosophical concerns (e.g., in ethics and social philosophy, in mathematics and logic, and in epistemology). It also addresses such questions as the role of history and historicity in undertaking metaphysics, the nature of metaphysics, the priority of metaphysics over epistemology, and the challenges of empiricism and postmodernism.
