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Approaches to Metaphysics

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. William Sweet

    1. St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

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Part of the book series: Studies in Philosophy and Religion (STPAR, volume 26)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Taking Metaphysics Seriously

    1. Introduction: Taking Metaphysics Seriously

      • William Sweet
      Pages 1-19

  3. Issues in Classical Metaphysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Does Being Have a Nature? (Or: Metaphysics as a Science of the Real)

      • Lawrence Dewan
      Pages 23-59

    3. Logic and Metaphysics in German Philosophy from Melanchthon to Hegel

      • Riccardo Pozzo
      Pages 61-74

    4. Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Pre-Established Harmony

      • Richard Feist
      Pages 75-90

  4. Modern Challenges to the Scope of Metaphysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. The Integration of History and Metaphysics

      • Kenneth L. Schmitz
      Pages 93-100

    3. Suffering, Metaphysics, and Nietzsche’s Path to the Holy

      • Daniel R. Ahern
      Pages 111-125

    4. Can ‘Creation’ Be a Metaphysical Concept?

      • Peter Harris
      Pages 127-136

    5. Metaphysics West and East: Bosanquet and Sankara

      • Gautam Satapathy
      Pages 137-156

  6. Metaphysical Theories in a Contemporary Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
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    2. Jacques Maritain and the Metaphysics of Plato

      • Fran O’Rourke
      Pages 229-248

    3. Metaphysics and Idealism

      • W. J. Mander
      Pages 249-264

    4. Empiricism: Principles and Problems

      • Fred Wilson
      Pages 265-300

  7. The Possibility of Metaphysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
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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.

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  • St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

    William Sweet

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