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The Metaphysics of G. E. Moore

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  • © 1982

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  1. David O’Connor

    1. Department of Philosophy, Seton Hall University, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 25)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Moore and Metaphysics

    • David O’Connor
    Pages 1-13

  3. Arguments Against Idealism

    • David O’Connor
    Pages 14-45

  4. Common Sense in Metaphysics

    • David O’Connor
    Pages 46-70

  5. Moore’s Conception of Analysis

    • David O’Connor
    Pages 71-85

  6. Sense-Data and Things in the Material World

    • David O’Connor
    Pages 86-108

  7. The Status of Abstract Entities (I)

    • David O’Connor
    Pages 109-135

  8. The Status of Abstract Entities (II)

    • David O’Connor
    Pages 136-158

  9. Review and Moore’s Dualisms

    • David O’Connor
    Pages 159-168

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-182
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About this book

In this book, setting aside his consideration of specifically ethical topics, I try to provide a comprehensive interpretation of Moore's thought. Against the background of this general interpretation I examine in detail his work on some of the central problems of metaphysics and, because Moore's being able to sustain a consistent anti-skepticism is essential to the survival of the base from which he works on those problems, of epistemology too. The interpretation of which I speak involves my taking as the centerpiece of Moore's philosophical work his book, Some Main Problems of Philosophy, written in 1910 as the text of a lecture series but left unpublished for over forty years thereafter. That book is aptly titled, for the issues with which Moore deals in it are indeed among the main problems of philosophy. Not least of these are the problems of formulating a general categorial deSCription of the world and then of defending that formulation. However, while I will discuss Moore's work in light of its contribution to this project of taking metaphysical inventory, it is important to note that he, in common with many other major figures in contemporary analytical philosophy, did not approach specific philosophical puzzles with a view to possibly integrating solutions to them into a comprehensive theory about reality as a whole, that is, into what might be called a metaphysical system.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Seton Hall University, USA

    David O’Connor

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Metaphysics of G. E. Moore

  • Authors: David O’Connor

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7749-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1352-0Published: 31 March 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7751-8Published: 28 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7749-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 196

  • Topics: Metaphysics

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