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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Martin Heidegger, Gesamtausgabe. III. Abteilung:
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Martin Heidegger, Gesamtausgabe. II. Abteilung:
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Kant Und Das Problem Der Metaphysik
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Was Ist Phanomenologie?
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Hans Blumenberg: Philosoph in Deutschland: Die
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Hegels 'phanomenologie Des Geistes': Eine
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Aufklarung Uber Die Sittlichkeit: Aufgabe Und
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Theorien Der Intentionalitat Im Mittelalter
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Das Zwischenreich (T? Eta )
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Das Wahre Selbst: Studien Zu Plotins Begriff Des
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Christentum Und Aufklarung: Voltaire Gegen Pascal
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Kants Opus Postumum
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Zeit, Einbildung, Ich: Phanomenologische
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Handbuch Metaphysik
Book SynopsisMetaphysik als die zentrale Disziplin der Philosophie befasst sich mit den grundsätzlichen Fragen nach dem Sein, dem Wesen der Dinge in der Welt und ihren Relationen zueinander. Ihre Einsichten bilden die Grundlage für zahlreiche andere, nicht nur philosophische Disziplinen. Das Handbuch umfasst ausgehend von der Frage, was es überhaupt gibt, sämtliche Teilbereiche der Metaphysik, vom Problem der Existenz über Raum und Zeit, Wissenschaftsmetaphysik, Logik und Semantik bis hin zur Frage nach dem Status der Metaphysik selbst. Es enthält zudem einen ausführlichen Überblick über die Geschichte und die Methoden metaphysischen Denkens.Trade Review“... Werk überzeugt durch seinen klar gegliederten Aufbau, seine prägnanten, gut verständlichen, differenzierten Beiträge, die immer dem aktuellen Forschungsstand der analytischen Metaphysik folgen. ... Das „Handbuch Metaphysik“ kann Lehrenden und Studierenden der Philosophie sowie Philosophie- und Ethik-Lehrkräften aufgrund seines hervorragenden Überblicks über aktuelle Diskurse analytischer Philosophie nur zur Anschaffung empfohlen werden. Es sollte in keiner guten Seminar- Bibliothek fehlen.” (Dr. Marcel Remme, in: Lehrerbibliothek.de, lbib.de, 6. April 2019)“... Das Handbuch wendet sich also nicht nur an Berufsphilosophen, es stellt sich als Referenzwerk für Fachwissenschaftler und sogar fur Studierende vor ... Was das Handbuch speziell bietet, sind Übersichtartikel, die man in den vorgenannten Werken nur ansatzweise findet. ... Der anspruchsvolle Text liefert ein Muster für philosophische Abwagungen und endet mit einer Kurzbeschreibung des aktuellen Strukturenrealismus ..." (Univ.-Prof Dr. E. Dauenhauer, in: Walthari, 15. August 2017)“... Ein solches Buch ist ein Geschenk und bereits jetzt als Standardwerk zu bezeichnen womit sich der hohe Anspruch des Herausgebers, ein Referenzwerk zu schaffen, das es möglich macht, sich rasch fundierte Kenntnisse zu Einzelaspekten der Metaphysik anzueignen, voll erfüllt hat. ... In keiner Fachbibliothek sollte das Handbuch fehlen ein „Handbuch“ im emphatischen Sinne des Wortes, ein Buch, das man gerne zur Hand nimmt ...” (Katja Hachenberg, in: literaturkritik.de, 11. November 2017)“... Für Lehrende und Studierende der Philosophie innerhalb und außerhalb des akademischen Betriebs kann man dieses Handbuch sehr zum Durcharbeiten und wiederholten Nachschlagen empfehlen. Wer die Beiträge darin gründlich durchdacht hat, dürfte bestens für niveauvolle Diskussionen metaphysischer Fragen gerüstet sein, weil ihn das Buch an die aktuelle Metaphysikdebatte heranführt ...” (Till Kinzel, in: Informationsmittel für Bibliotheken, informationsmittel-fuer-bibliotheken.de, Oktober 2017)Table of ContentsI. Einleitung: Was ist Metaphysik?.- II. Geschichte der Metaphysik: Wichtige Positionen und Themen.- III. Was gibt es?.- A. Eigenschaften.- B. Gegenstände.- C. Komplexe Entitäten.- D. Personen.- E. Götter.- IV. Was heißt es zu sein?.- V. Wie hängt alles zusammen und wo ist es verortet?.- A. Zeit und Raum.- B. Die Struktur der Welt.- C. Wissenschaftsmetaphysik.- VI. Philosophische Logik und Semantik.- A. Wahrheit.- B. Bedeutung und Referenz.- C. Modalität.- VII. Methoden und Kritik der Metaphysik
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De Gruyter Einführung in die Metaphysik
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Max Niemeyer Verlag GmbH & Co KG Sein und Zeit
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Brill I Schoeningh Die Hyperbolé der Wirklichkeit
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Peter Lang AG The Presocratics in the Thought of Martin
Book SynopsisThe book focuses on Heidegger’s thoughtful repetition of early Greek thinking, and his receptive attention to the fragments of the Presocratics from our contemporary age. Their thought has a special value for him as the heritage which must be repeated anew in order to bring us back to the question of being and to open before us new avenues for existence. The author raises questions which help us to understand Heidegger as a thinker. He presents a deep analysis of Heidegger’s interpretations of the Presocratics and contributes to a new, insightful understanding of Heideggerian philosophy. «The book deserves a wide reception among scholars who are interested in the Presocratics, Heidegger and contemporary philosophy.» Dr. Katherine Morris (University of Oxford) «Prof. Korab-Karpowicz (…) develops a consistent reading of Heidegger’s historical studies, thereby significantly contributing to a new approach for the study of Heideggerian philosophy.» Dr. Michal Bizoń (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)Table of ContentsPhilosophy as Phenomenological Ontology – Heidegger’s Early View of History – Time and History in Being and Time – History as Repetition – World History, Historiography and Historicity – Authentic and Inauthentic Historiography – Philosophy as History – The Place of the Presocratics in Heidegger’s Thought – The Anaximander Fragment – Heidegger’s 1926 Lecture on Anaximander – The Departure of the Destiny of Being – Ἀρχή as Ordering (Verfügung) – Ordering as τὸ Ἄπειρον – The Earliest Name for Being: τὸ Χρεών – Being as Getting-Over Disorder – Τὸ Χρεών and the History of Being – Heraclitus: Physis and the Logos – The Φύσις Fragments (16, 123, 54, 8, 51, 64, 66, 30, 124, 93) – The Λόγος Fragments (50, 45, 72, 43, 108, 78, 41, 115, 112) – Being and Thinking in Parmenides – Ἀλήθεια - the Goddess of the Parmenidean Poem, Fragment 1 – At the Crossroads – Fragments 2 and 6 – Being and Thinking – Fragments 3 and 6 – Moira – Fragments 3 and 8 – The Presocratics and the History of Being – Heidegger’s Attempt to Overcome Metaphysics – From the First Beginning to the New Beginning
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Springer Nothing lasts but nothing ever ends
Book SynopsisVorwort von Mary Gauthier.- Einleitung.- TEIL I: Ausgangspunkte.- Kapitel 1: Für was wird eigentlich argumentiert?.- Kapitel 2: Gegen was wird argumentiert?.- Kapitel 3: Der Stand der Diskussion in der akademischen Philosophie und in der Physik.- Erster Einschub: Warum die Existenz der Vergangenheit für unser Lebensgefühl einen Unterschied machen kann.- Kapitel 4: Die Rolle von Werten und Gefühlen bei der Diskussion.- Kapitel 5: Wie funktioniert persönliche Identität, wenn die Vergangenheit noch existiert?.- TEIL II: Neue lebensweltliche Argumente für die Existenz der Vergangenheit.- Kapitel 6: Die Gegenwart ist zu klein für ein sinnvolles Leben.- Kapitel 7: Die Gegenwart ist unfassbar einsam.- Kapitel 8: Dass es die Vergangenheit noch gibt, ist Grundlage moralischen Handelns.- Kapitel 9: Dass es die Vergangenheit noch gibt, ist uns ein Trost im Umgang mit dem Tod.- Kapitel 10: Dass es die Vergangenheit noch gibt, ist der Grundstein der Welt.- Zweiter Einschub: Warum die Existenz der Vergangenheit für unser Lebensgefühl auch auf der Erde einen Unterschied macht.- Kapitel 11: Dass es die Vergangenheit noch gibt, erlaubt uns der großen Vergänglichkeit zu widerstehen.- TEIL III: Probleme und Antworten.- Kapitel 12: Der Schrecken der Vergangenheit.- Kapitel 13: Die Besonderheit der Gegenwart für Entscheidungen und die Frage nach der Zukunft.- Ausblick.- Danksagungen.- Literaturverzeichnis.
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Books on Demand Ernst Kammerer - Gesammelte Werke - Teil 1: Die Beurteilung der Lichtgeschwindigkeit - Metaphysik - Kosmologie u. a.
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Brill I Fink Demontage Des Subjekts
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe Emotionale Wahrheit: Der Philosophische Gehalt
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Schwabe Verlag Digitalitat: Zur Philosophie Der Digitalen
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Schwabe Verlag Basel Schelling
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Mentis Verlag GmbH Metaphysik A des Seins
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Mentis Verlag GmbH Fragen der Subjekttheorie in einem
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Mentis Verlag GmbH Konturen Menschlicher Existenz
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Sanage Publishing House LLP The Fourth Way
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The University of Chicago Press The Wisdom of the World The Human Experience of
Book SynopsisWhen the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better life. How this view of the world came to be, and how we lost it (or turned away from it) on the way to becoming modern, make for a fascinating story, told in a highly accessible manner by Rémi Brague in this wide-ranging cultural history. Before the Greeks, people thought human action was required to maintain the order of the universe and so conducted rituals and sacrifices to renew and restore it. But beginning with the Hellenic Age, the universe came to be seen as existing quite apart from human action and possessing, therefore, a kind of wisdom that humanity did not. Wearing his remarkable erudition lightly, Brague traces the many ways this universal wisdom has been interpreted over the centuries, from the time of ancient Egypt to the modern era. Socratic and Muslim philosophers, Christ
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The University of Chicago Press A Commentary on JeanPaul Sartres Being and
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The University of Chicago Press The View of Life Four Metaphysical Essays with
Book SynopsisGeorg Simmel addressed diverse topics across his essayistic writings, which influenced scholars in aesthetics, epistemology, and sociology. This title features Presented alongside these seminal essays are aphoristic fragments from Simmel's last journal, providing a beguiling look into the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers.Trade Review"Simmel is the only social theorist one can read anymore." (Max Horkheimer)
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The University of Chicago Press The Presence of Myth
Book SynopsisWith this text, Leszek Kolakowski demonstrates that no matter how hard man strives for purely rational thought, there has always been - and always will be - a resevoir of mythical images that lend being and consciousness a specifically human meaning.
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The University of Chicago Press The View of Life Four Metaphysical Essays with
Book SynopsisPublished in 1918, this title is the author's final work. Composed in the years before his death, it was, according to Simmel, his 'testament', a capstone work of profound metaphysical inquiry intended to formulate his conception of life in its entirety.Trade Review"Simmel is the only social theorist one can read anymore." - Max Horkheimer"
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University of Chicago Press Big Culture
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Columbia University Press Worlds Without End
Book SynopsisAn exciting look at contemporary scientific cosmologies and their relationship to philosophy and religion.Trade ReviewRubenstein grounds the current debate on the plurality of universes on solid scholarship, skillfully exploring its historical and philosophical roots. -- Marcelo Gleiser, Dartmouth College This is a work that performs the 'many-oneness' of the multiverse, whose history and potentiality it maps. As she traces the startling philosophical depths, mystical ancestry, and scientific shocks of this cosmic boundlessness, Rubenstein's brilliance sparkles like its innumerable stars. -- Catherine Keller, author of Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming Some physicists suggest that our cosmos has been caught in an endless loop, repeatedly cycling between big bangs since time immemorial. In Worlds Without End, Mary-Jane Rubenstein provides a remarkable tour of how such ideas-and competing ideas about whether our universe is embedded within some larger multiverse-have likewise been cycling throughout Western thought for millennia. This deeply learned excavation is a rare accomplishment: a page-turner that asks large questions about science, philosophy, and religion. Fascinating. -- David Kaiser, author of How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival We are living through a golden age of cosmology, when observations reveal a universe 13.8 billion years big and new theories and new evidence vie with one another almost on a daily basis. Rubenstein is an expert guide to this dramatic scene. Uncovering humorous comparisons with the past, she shows that our golden age is tarnished in only a few ways. We cannot tell which of the many-worlds hypotheses is the right one, whether they exist under an integrated set of laws, and we may never be able to so. Yet the quest continues and produces many profound insights. Rubenstein shows the way scientific worldviews grow from the kind of questions we ask, how metaphysics and physics are mutually entangled, and how the many worlds of her title emerge, again and again over two thousand years, often in spite of their authors' intentions and taste. A witty and mature view of views. -- Charles Jencks , author of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation A must read for anyone who is interested in the evolution of human thought about the cosmos. The reader is led through the history of philosophical, religious and scientific ideas and arguments for the existence of many worlds then left to contemplate their own ending to the cosmic story. A beautiful and authoritative description of the struggles and developments of competing ideas about nature for the past three millenia -- Laura Mersini-Houghton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rubenstein's witty, thought-provoking history of philosophy and physics leaves one in awe of just how close Thomas Aquinas and American physicist Steven Weinberg are in spirit as they seek ultimate answers. Publishers Weekly Wonderful... A fun, mind-stretching read, clear and enlightening. San Francisco Book Review A fascinating and very well-written book... Green Spirit Magazine An excellent starting point for those wishing to go even deeper down the throat of the wormhole. Recommended. CHOICE If one seeks a scholarly account of the main ideas rather than of the detailed science, then Worlds Without End is excellent. Physics TodayTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: How to Avoid the G-Word 1. A Single, Complete Whole 2. Ancient Openings of Multiplicity 3. Navigating the Infinite 4. Measuring the Immeasurable 5. Bangs, Bubbles, and Branes: Atomists Versus Stoics, Take Two 6. Ascending to the Ultimate Multiverse Unendings: On the Entanglement of Science and Religion Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Worlds Without End The Many Lives of the
Book SynopsisAn exciting look at contemporary scientific cosmologies and their relationship to philosophy and religion.Trade ReviewRubenstein grounds the current debate on the plurality of universes on solid scholarship, skillfully exploring its historical and philosophical roots. -- Marcelo Gleiser, Dartmouth College This is a work that performs the 'many-oneness' of the multiverse, whose history and potentiality it maps. As she traces the startling philosophical depths, mystical ancestry, and scientific shocks of this cosmic boundlessness, Rubenstein's brilliance sparkles like its innumerable stars. -- Catherine Keller, author of Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming Some physicists suggest that our cosmos has been caught in an endless loop, repeatedly cycling between big bangs since time immemorial. In Worlds Without End, Mary-Jane Rubenstein provides a remarkable tour of how such ideas-and competing ideas about whether our universe is embedded within some larger multiverse-have likewise been cycling throughout Western thought for millennia. This deeply learned excavation is a rare accomplishment: a page-turner that asks large questions about science, philosophy, and religion. Fascinating. -- David Kaiser, author of How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival We are living through a golden age of cosmology, when observations reveal a universe 13.8 billion years big and new theories and new evidence vie with one another almost on a daily basis. Rubenstein is an expert guide to this dramatic scene. Uncovering humorous comparisons with the past, she shows that our golden age is tarnished in only a few ways. We cannot tell which of the many-worlds hypotheses is the right one, whether they exist under an integrated set of laws, and we may never be able to so. Yet the quest continues and produces many profound insights. Rubenstein shows the way scientific worldviews grow from the kind of questions we ask, how metaphysics and physics are mutually entangled, and how the many worlds of her title emerge, again and again over two thousand years, often in spite of their authors' intentions and taste. A witty and mature view of views. -- Charles Jencks , author of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation A must read for anyone who is interested in the evolution of human thought about the cosmos. The reader is led through the history of philosophical, religious and scientific ideas and arguments for the existence of many worlds then left to contemplate their own ending to the cosmic story. A beautiful and authoritative description of the struggles and developments of competing ideas about nature for the past three millenia -- Laura Mersini-Houghton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rubenstein's witty, thought-provoking history of philosophy and physics leaves one in awe of just how close Thomas Aquinas and American physicist Steven Weinberg are in spirit as they seek ultimate answers. Publishers Weekly Wonderful... A fun, mind-stretching read, clear and enlightening. San Francisco Book Review A fascinating and very well-written book... Green Spirit Magazine An excellent starting point for those wishing to go even deeper down the throat of the wormhole. Recommended. CHOICE If one seeks a scholarly account of the main ideas rather than of the detailed science, then Worlds Without End is excellent. Physics TodayTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: How to Avoid the G-Word 1. A Single, Complete Whole 2. Ancient Openings of Multiplicity 3. Navigating the Infinite 4. Measuring the Immeasurable 5. Bangs, Bubbles, and Branes: Atomists Versus Stoics, Take Two 6. Ascending to the Ultimate Multiverse Unendings: On the Entanglement of Science and Religion Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press The Intimate Universal
Book SynopsisWilliam Desmond sees religion, art, philosophy, and politics as essential and distinctive modes of human practice, manifestations of an intimate universality that illuminates individual and social being. By observing their permeable relations, Desmond captures notes of a clandestine conversation that transforms ontology.Trade ReviewA marvelously articulated work with a consummately refined language of its own for conceiving the perennial issues of philosophy in fresh and compelling terms. -- William Franke, Vanderbilt University and University of Macao Desmond combines the virtues of scope, systematic rigor, and highly individual manner of perception and expression. -- Cyril O'Regan, University of Notre Dame In this excellent and interesting work, Desmond is expanding and refining his already considerable contribution to contemporary continental philosophy in a metaphysical register. -- Christopher Ben Simpson, Lincoln Christian University How can something singular, in all the depths of its singularity, communicate with the universal, with the result that the singular is not contracted to itself and the universal is not a free floating abstraction? William Desmond explores this basic question in all its dimensions in the steady, systematic and meticulous manner we have come to expect from him in this not to be missed new volume. -- John D. Caputo, Emeritus Professor, Syracuse University and Villanova University There is today no more important philosophical project being undertaken than that of William Desmond's poetic, unshirkingly apposite and yet unpretentious attempt to rethink a metaphysics of analogy and mediation. This book represents another chapter in its unfolding. -- John Milbank, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: For and Against the Universal-Doing Justice Part I: The Intimate Universal-Exoteric Reflections: Religion 1. Religion and the Intimate Universal: Neither Cosmopolis nor Ghetto 2. Art and the Intimate Universal: Neither Imitation nor Self-Creation 3. Philosophy and the Intimate Universal: Neither Theory nor Practice 4. Politics and the Intimate Universal: Neither Servility nor Sovereignty Part II: The Intimate Universal-Systematic Thoughts: From the Idiotic to the Agapeic 5. The Idiotics of the Intimate Universal 6. The Aesthetics of the Intimate Universal 7. The Erotics of the Intimate Universal 8. The Agapeics of the Intimate Universal Glossary Notes Index
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Indiana University Press Duns Scotuss Doctrine of Categories and Meaning
Book SynopsisDuns Scotus's Doctrine of Categories and Meaningis a key text for the origins of Martin Heidegger's concept of facticity. Originally submitted as a postdoctoral thesis in 1915, it focuses on the 13th-century philosopher-theologian John Duns Scotus. Heidegger first analyzes Scotus's doctrine of categories,then offers a meticulous explanation of theGrammatica Speculativa, a work of medieval grammar now known to be authored by the Modist grammarian Thomas of Erfurt. Taken together, these investigations represent an early foray into Heidegger's lifelong philosophical concerns, the question of being in the guise of the problem of categories and the question of language in the guise of the doctrine of meaning.This new and unique translation of one of Heidegger's earliest works offers an important look at his early thinking before the question of being became his central concern and will appeal to readers exploring Heidegger's philosophical development, medieval philosophy, phenomenological iTrade Review"Heidegger's early engagement with medieval philosophy via neo-Kantian logic foreshadows his later explorations of being, truth, and meaning. He concludes by challenging himself to grapple with "historical spirit." Bagchee and Gower's meticulous translation brings this formative phase of Heidegger's thought to English-speaking readers."—Richard Polt, Xavier University"Heidegger's Habilitationsschrift, submitted to the University of Freiburg in 1915, at the age of twenty-six, takes up themes central to scholastic ontology and logic: the categories of reality and the differentiations of meaning. Quite traditional topics, these are not themes that one might suspect would help open the way to the revolutionary work of 1927, Being and Time. And yet: here one sees the phenomenological gifts already at work in the young Heidegger. Here one finds the early formulations of the hermeneutics of facticity and the first hints of the notion of formal indication – one finds the earliest signs of the revolutionary work to come. Ably translated, this text offers insights into key problems of scholasticism as well as into the genesis of the philosophical revolutionary that Heidegger would soon become."—Dennis Schmidt, Western Sydney University"With this careful and scholarly translation of Heidegger's postdoctoral thesis, Bagchee and Gower have provided an indispensible resource for anyone seeking to understand the trajectory of Heidegger's early thinking. A splendid achievement."—William McNeill, DePaul UniversityTable of ContentsTranslator's PrefaceAcknowledgmentsForeword to the First Edition of Frühe Schriften (1972)Duns Scotus's Doctrine of Categories and Meaning ForewordIntroduction: The Necessity of Examining Scholasticism from the Perspective of the History of ProblemsPart I: The Doctrine of CategoriesFirst Chapter: The Unum: Mathematical, Natural, and Metaphysical RealitySecond Chapter: The Verum: Logical and Psychic RealityThird Chapter: Linguistic Form and Linguistic Content: The Domain of MeaningPart II: The Doctrine of MeaningFirst Chapter: Meaning and Meaning Function: Principles of the Doctrine of MeaningSecond Chapter: The Doctrine of the Forms of MeaningsConclusion: The Problem of CategoriesAuthor's NoticeBibliographical ReferencesEditor's AfterwordEnglish-German GlossaryGerman-English GlossaryIndex of NamesSubject Index
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University of Notre Dame Press New Rhetoric The
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University of Notre Dame Press Back to the Rough Ground
Book SynopsisBack to the Rough Ground is a philosophical investigation of practical knowledge, with major import for professional practice and the ethical life in modern society. Its purpose is to clarify the kind of knowledge that informs good practice in a range of disciplines such as education, psychotherapy, medicine, management, and law. Through reflection on key modern thinkers who have revived cardinal insights of Aristotle, and a sustained engagement with the Philosopher himself, it presents a radical challenge to the scientistic assumptions that have dominated how these professional domains have been conceived, practiced, and institutionalized.Trade Review"[Dunne] makes clear both the contemporary relevance of the Aristotelian conception of practical judgment and the way in which, implicitly and explicitly, it has already played a part in the twentieth-century debates in a way that no one else has done. His detailed exposition of Aristotle is not only admirable . . . but exceptionally well-designed." —Alasdair MacIntyre“Joseph Dunne's achievement in this truly remarkable work is of the highest significance for educational philosophy . . . [Back to the Rough Ground] should be compulsory reading for all those who profess a serious interest in the conceptual complexities . . . of professional knowledge. [Dunne's] arguments are consistently intelligent, clear, and persuasive . . . the overall quality of his writing is simply outstanding.” —Journal of Philosophy of Education“A remarkable exercise in the hermeneutics of reading carried out in a truly Gadamerian spirit. . . . The richness and brilliance of Dunne's twofold reading, which moves back and forth between Aristotle, Gadamer, and Habermas, . . . does indeed succeed in forcefully reviving . . . a usable modern phronetic tradition.” —Quarterly Journal of Speech“An impressively masterful and engaging volume, which will more than repay careful reading and rereading. Its depth of analysis, richness of content, and subtlety of argument offer invaluable resources not only for understanding Aristotle's practical philosophy but also for appreciating why robust accounts of practical reason, though scarce in modernity, are nonetheless indispensable. . . . [A] model of how phronesis [practical wisdom] might be exhibited in our own day." —Modern Theology“[A] very powerful, scholarly, and philosophically acute attempt to rehabilitate an understanding of practical reason. . . . Dunne's absorbing and illuminating book is a necessary acquisition for anyone who is interested in practical philosophy.” —International Journal of Philosophical Studies"...a first-rate piece of work...wide ranging in its scope, yet finely attentive to detail. It covers...a large number of contemporary thinkers, and yet shows scholarly and philosophical finesse in reading Aristotle and recovering the contemporary significance of his views of techne and phronesis." —The Review of Metaphysics
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University of Notre Dame Press The Human Situation
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University of Notre Dame Press Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Prominent philosopher-scientists, from Abner Shimony to Paul Teller, contribute articles (some revisions of seminal publications) detailing presumptions and ambiguities of quantum measurement, written especially for the nonspecialist. Some highlights include Mermin's powerful (and amusing) 'device' to highlight the 'paradox' of quantum correlations, Linda Wessels' thorough catalog of specific implicit 'axioms' of the discussion, and Cushing's prospective overview. Other gems, including some simplified models of Bell's arguments, and a range of ontological frameworks—from realism to 'holism'—make this an urgently recommended work for all colleges." —Choice"The papers collected here demonstrate how analytic philosophy of science should be done. Quantum mechanics may be mysterious in some of its aspects, but those who wish to peddle mysticism on the basis on quantum theory would do well to stay away from this excellent collection of philosophical essays." —Canadian Philosophical Reviews"These papers, collected from a 1986 conference focusing on John S. Bell's celebrated 1964 theorem, examine the philosophical issues posed by quantum theory. The book introduces Bell's theorem so that readers can understand the papers, but it is not a technical overview of the theorem or of quantum mechanics." —Science News
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University of Notre Dame Press Ecological Ethics and the Human Soul
Book SynopsisIn Ecological Ethics and the Human Soul: Aquinas, Whitehead, and the Metaphysics of Value, Francisco J. Benzoni addresses the pervasive and destructive view that there is a moral gulf between human beings and other creatures. Thomas Aquinas, whose metaphysics entails such a moral gulf, holds that human beings are ultimately separate from nature. Alfred North Whitehead, in contrast, maintains that human beings are continuous with the rest of nature. These different metaphysical systems demand different ethical stances toward creation.Benzoni analyzes and challenges Thomas''s understanding of the human soul, his primary justification for the moral separation, arguing that it is finally philosophically untenable. The author finds promising the alternative metaphysics of Whitehead, for whom human beings are a part of natureeven if the highest part; all creatures have a degree of subjectivity and creativity, and thus all have intrinsic value and moral worth, independent oTrade Review“Eminently clear in concept and analysis, profound in insight, and precise in reasoning, this book not only contributes a distinguished study of Aquinas but also reshapes contemporary ecological ethics by relating it to basic issues of metaphysics. Both subsequent moral theory attentive to Aquinas and subsequent formulations of ecological ethics will be incomplete without taking account of Benzoni's argument.” —Franklin I. Gamwell, Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor of Religious Ethics, the Philosophy of Religion, and Theology, The University of Chicago Divinity School“In the introduction and conclusion, Francisco Benzoni makes clear the broader significance of this work for the field of ecological ethics and the future well-being of the human species on this earth. One can learn a great deal about the philosophy of both Aquinas and Whitehead in working through these pages.” —Joseph Bracken, Xavier University“Aquinas believes that humans are finally separate from nature and that the former have moral worth and the latter does not; Whitehead believes that all entities exist along a metaphysical spectrum and all creatures have some degree of moral worth. Taking these two positions as a starting point, Benzoni explores such topics as the metaphysical grounding of goodness, the soul as an entity, and intrinsic value and moral worth.” —Research Book News“Benzoni does an admirable job once again in managing to present very challenging and complex material in a clear and accessibly way. Benzoni's focus on the metaphysics of the soul as the primary basis for the bifurcation of humans from non-humans is both interesting and suggestive. His critique of Aquinas should interest anyone concerned with the metaphysics of value and its history, and his sketch of a Whiteheadian alternative will also be helpful to anyone interested in rethinking our place within nature and the general scheme of things.” —Philosophy in Review“Benzoni's excellent and challenging work is a densely argued analysis of the metaphysical foundations of ethical systems, mainly those of Thomas Aquinas and Alfred North Whitehead, with a view to providing an adequate basis for an ethical understanding of the ecological crisis facing the world today. Highly recommended.” —Catholic Books Review“Benzoni’s contribution to environmental ethics is to present a careful analysis of why Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysical theory is wrong, and to propose that of Alfred North Whitehead in its stead. Benzoni’s exposition is valuable in being accessible to an inquirer, and particularly to one coming from the scholastic tradition of Thomas Aquinas.” —Environmental Ethics
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University of Notre Dame Press The Writings of Charles De Koninck
Book SynopsisPresent the first English editions of collected works of the Catholic Thomist philosopher Charles De Koninck (1906–1965). Trade Review“Charles De Koninck, perhaps because of his untimely death, is not as well known to English-speaking readers as Etienne Gilson and Jacques Maritain, but his work belongs to that same world-class scholarship as his notable contemporaries. It is almost an understatement to say that his contribution to the philosophy of science remains timely. Readers are fortunate that his former student, Ralph McInerny, has seen fit to collect and to translate, where necessary, some of De Koninck's most important work for this volume.” —Jude P. Dougherty, The Catholic University of America“Ralph McInerny is doing us the incalculable good of making available to a general public the writings of Charles De Koninck. This volume, the first of many to come, begins a chronological presentation of the books, articles, essays, and addresses of one of the strongest and most penetrating thinkers of the last century, who was at once an extraordinary philosopher and theologian, with the profound and simple faith of the proverbial peasant. May we continue now to learn from the great De Koninck, and include in our prayers the intentions of his gracious disciple, who is so felicitously discharging the office of piety to a revered and unforgettable master.” —Ronald P. Mc Arthur, President Emeritus, Thomas Aquinas College“This is a book for the philosophy aficionado. Scholastic thinkers who have appreciated the thoughts of Catholic Thomist philosopher Charles de Koninck (deceased 1965, Univ. of Laval, Quebec City) on the relationship of scientific thinking and religious thinking to the familiar world around us will immediately realize that this first volume of a planned three-volume set is a superb selection of his writings. Writings include his dissertation on the philosophy of Sir Arthur Eddington and his unpublished work 'the Cosmos.' His well-known considerations of indeterminism, statistical laws, and causality will trigger questions about consciousness, imagination, and the ability to comprehend the cosmos for decades to come.” —Choice“By translating these writings into English, Professor McInerny has done a great service to those who are interested in this period of philosophy, and he has made more accessible the writings of a philosopher who deserves a great deal more attention than he has received to date.” —Catholic Library World“DeKoninck's argument here goes well beyond what can be established in experimental science, but it is a great merit of his work that he is careful to distinguish what we know from experimental science, what philosophical reflection on science might contribute, and what further speculation from metaphysics and theology might add to our understanding of the cosmos.” —First Things
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University of Notre Dame Press The Writings of Charles De Koninck
Book SynopsisPresent the first English editions of collected works of the Catholic Thomist philosopher Charles De Koninck (1906–1965).Trade Review“Volume Two of The Writings of Charles De Koninck reveals a Thomist at home not merely in the deepest questions of natural science and natural philosophy, but also in the highest reaches of ethical and political philosophy, and in the most wonderful realm of revealed theology. De Koninck combines a justified confidence in his wisdom about the highest things with humility and gratitude for the gift of that wisdom. The series edited by Dr. McInerny is taking shape as a recovered treasure of a philosopher who labored to receive, and to pass on, the gift of wisdom.“ —David Quackenbush, Thomas Aquinas College“This is the second volume of a . . . series of the collected works of the Catholic Thomist Charles de Koninck. He was on the faculty of Quebec’s Laval University and director of Laval’s Philosophy Faculty from 1939 to 1956. His works belong to the same class of Thomistic writings of such individuals as Etienne Gilson and Jacques Maritain.” —Catholic Library World
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University of Notre Dame Press Human Knowing
Book SynopsisHuman Knowing is a clearly written, brief introduction that guides the reader through an exploration of sense perception, ordinary knowing, scientific knowing, and philosophic knowing. This journey culminates in a justification of philosophy as a genuine form of knowing and thus a natural prelude to metaphysics. Though Felt manages to avoid technical language, the development of his argument is a genuine exercise in philosophic thinking. The outcome is a contemporary expression of a position similar to that of Thomas Aquinas, significantly enriched by insights from Bergson, Whitehead, and phenomenology. This book is accessible, smart, and refreshing. Any interested general reader or student will profit from reading it.Trade Review“This fine book is ideal for introductory courses in philosophy, and it is executed and backed up by careful, sophisticated philosophical analysis and insight.” —W. Norris Clarke, S.J., Fordham University“A strong case for relational realism is presented with a carefully outlined argument and discussion of classic examples from many major philosophers, including Locke, Hume, Kant, Searle, Merleau-Ponty, Kuhn, Whitehead, and Aquinas. Numerous analogies from common experience and chapter review questions are provided (plus a dab of humor and poetry). Felt successfully proves with his relational realism that we are not, as some philosophers might call us, merely meat-robots.” —Dialogue“. . . [T]his is an engaging work--bright, readable, and tightly argued. It should serve as a fine undergraduate introduction to epistemology.” —The Review of Metaphysics
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University of Notre Dame Press Aims
Book SynopsisIn Aims: A Brief Metaphysics for Today, James W. Felt turns his attention to combining elements of Thomas Aquinas''s metaphysics, especially its deep ontology, with Alfred North Whitehead''s process philosophy to arrive at a new possibility for metaphysics. In his distinctive style, Felt concisely pulls together the strands of epistemology, ontology, and teleology, synthesizing these elements into his own process-enriched Thomism.Aims does not simply discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each philosopher''s position, but blends the two into a cohesive argument based on principles derived from immediate experience. Felt arrives at what he calls a Whiteheadian-type solution,appealing to his original concept of the essential aimas necessary for understanding our existence in a coherent yet unique world. This concise, finely crafted discussion provides a thoroughly teleological, value-centered approach to metaphysics. Aims, an experiment in constructive metaphysics, is aTrade Review“The notion of teleology is deeply embedded in the origins of Western philosophy as exemplified by Aristotelian philosophy. James W. Felt’s book, entitled Aims: A Brief Metaphysics for Today, attempts to continue this tradition by constructing a teleological, or goal-oriented, or metaphysics in a succinct and easily accessible work of philosophy. Felt draws upon the work of Aristotle, and more often on that of Aquinas and Whitehead, through a method of phenomenological interpretation. . . . Felt’s book not only provides a wealth of thought provoking phenomenological description about human experience, but it additionally raises some interesting questions about the process of philosophical investigation.” —Dialogue“This is a very engaging exploration into a philosophical terrain where few nowadays care to venture, one that has been subjected to much deconstruction in recent times. . . . Even if we do not always agree with where Felt wants to take us in this onto-teleology, as we read the book we cannot help but get engaged in the unassuming and rigorous exploration that it presents as a result of a long life of reflecting and teaching this difficult subject. We should be thankful for the publication of such a good model for teaching metaphysics as we learn it and for learning metaphysics as we teach it.” —Philosophy Reviews“This book lives up to its title. It is brief, and it presents a metaphysics that, although influenced in fundamental ways by Aquinas, is made contemporary by the contributions of Whitehead and by the author's highly original efforts to bring about a synthesis between the two.” —Catholic Library World“Combines the fundamentals of Thomas Aquinas' metaphysics with Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy. [Felt] weaves together threads of epistemology, ontology and teleology in order to create 'process-enriched Thomism.'” —Santa Clara Magazine“James Felt's Aims: A Brief Metaphysics for Today is an excellent book. It is engagingly written with exemplary clarity, compactness of expression, and admirable thoughtfulness. It is a work in constructive metaphysics that offers a marvelous introduction to the beginner, as well as being engaging to the advanced student. While Aims shows the main influences of Aquinas and Whitehead, with Bergson and Merleau-Ponty also important, more importantly it gives expression to the singular appropriation of some of the basic metaphysical issues by James Felt himself. It develops a view of relational realism, with lucid expositions of themes such as the nature of primary being, the act of existing, freedom, participation and God, and the nature of self-knowledge. It distills the author's long reflection on these issues and communicates his considered insights with measured lucidity.” —William Desmond, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium“There is a welcome freshness and easy-access approach in this creative presentation of the central philosophical discipline, metaphysics. It starts firmly anchored in our human experience, then moves easily into deeper waters of a proposed Aquinas-Whitehead synthesis.” —W. Norris Clarke, S.J., Fordham University“With modifications to both Aquinas and Whitehead and their complementary interplay, and in contrast to the priority usually given to effective or originating causality, the author argues for the interactive pre-eminence of teleology (aim) and existence (esse) in the promotion and enhancement of cosmic and interpersonal value. In so doing he seeks to restore to the transcendental Good its appropriate place and role.” —Kenneth Schmitz, University of Toronto
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University of Notre Dame Press Analogia Entis
Book SynopsisAnalogia Entis is an intellectually rigorous and systematic account of Thomas’s teaching regarding the analogy of being.Trade Review“Steven A. Long’s Analogia Entis: On the Analogy of Being, Metaphysics, and the Act of Faith is a remarkable book containing a stunning speculative performance. Long speaks for a classical tradition of Thomistic thought but does so with a keen eye on precisely the ways it can help contemporary reflection. His compelling and substantive argument for the value and truth of a set of classical metaphysical understandings—for the necessity of the analogy of proper proportionality in the thought of Thomas Aquinas—will have to be taken seriously by anyone working in analogy in Aquinas as well as by a wide range of scholars within both philosophy and theology.” —John F. Boyle, University of St. Thomas"Professor Long’s very selection of the topic shows the seriousness with which he takes getting at the truth. His case for the ineluctable role of proper proportionality is, I would say, sound and crucial for both natural theology and revelation. I hope that this work will stimulate lively conversation among Thomists." —Lawrence Dewan, Dominican University College"This book has a modest size but an ambitious argument. Long confidently takes up issues of language, epistemology, and metaphysics vital to Thomas Aquinas’s philosophical and theological reflections about God. The centerpiece is a sustained and refreshing rehabilitation of analogy of proportionality; understanding why it has been wrongly rejected or criticized by recent Thomists helps us to appreciate how Aquinas’s metaphysical insight safeguards the transcendence of God and the intelligibility of faith." —Joshua P. Hochschild, Mount St. Mary’s University“Analogia Entis has a complex agenda. First the book intends to defend the theological value of the idea of ‘the analogy of being understood as the analogy of proper proportionality founded on a division of being by act and potency.’ . . . Second, the author argues that this idea is to be found not only in Aquinas’s earlier works, but also remained central to the thought of Thomas Aquinas in his later works.” —Catholic Library World“Analogia Entis is a major strategic contribution to the practice of contemporary Thomistic thought and bears numerous crucial implications for philosophy and theology generally. Long’s chief speculative claims are well argued and penetrating. . . . [He] lays the groundwork for robustly conceptual and realist philosophy of God and theology of God.” —American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly“With this new work, brief but incisive, ‘on the analogy of being, metaphysics, and the act of faith,’ Steven A. Long pursues his crusade in support of the restoration in Christian culture of a philosophy that is likely to help in understanding the faith, as the encyclical Fides et Ratio clearly hopes for.“ —The Thomist
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