This book is not merely about metaphysics; it is an essay in metaphysics. Furthermore, it is written in the firm conviction that metaphysics is possible and meaningful metaphysical statements can and should be made. However, I felt it necessary to approach the perennial problems of metaphysics through the avenues of linguistic analysis. I have tried not only to infiltrate the position of the linguists but to show that a fifth column already existed there. Yet the objections to metaphysics needed to be met or at least some indication of how they could be met had to be shown. It is never enough to demonstrate that objections are un founded - some positive indications of a possible metaphysics had to be offered. This book, as a consequence, tries also to draw at least in broad outline, a metaphysical position that seems to me to be well-founded. In the present state of philoso phy in the United States especially, this is sufficient reason for publishing another book in philosophy. I want to express my appreciation to a number of people. To my colleagues at North Carolina I am grateful for stimulating criticisms that often helped me see my way through to solutions. To Professors B. Blanshard (Yale University), and Ledger Wood (Princeton University), I am grateful for reading the manuscript.

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University of North Carolina, USA

Louis O. Kattsoff

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Book Title: Logic and the Nature of Reality
Authors: Louis O. Kattsoff
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9282-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1956
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8533-2Published: 01 January 1967
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-9282-8Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 247
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Logic, History, general

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