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Cambridge University Press Platos Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions
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Cambridge University Press Kants Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
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Cambridge University Press Social Philosophy after Adorno
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Cambridge University Press Substance and Separation in Aristotle
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Cambridge University Press Identity
Book SynopsisIdentity criteria are powerful tools for the metaphysician. They tell us when items are identical or distinct. Some varieties of identity criteria also try to explain in virtue of what items are identical or distinct. This Element has two objectives: to discuss formulations of identity criteria and to take a closer look at one notorious criterion of object identity, Leibniz's Law. The first section concerns the form of identity criteria. The second section concerns the better-regarded half of Leibniz's Law, the indiscernibility of identicals. The third section turns to the more controversial half of Leibniz's Law, the identity of indiscernibles. The author considers alternatives to Leibniz's Law as well as the possibility that there are no adequate identity criteria to be found.Table of Contents1. Identity Criteria; 2. Leibniz's Law: The Indiscernibility of Identicals; 3. Leibniz's Law: The Identity of Indiscernibles; 4. Counterexamples to the Identity of Indiscernibles and Alternatives to Leibniz's Law; 5. Concluding Remarks; References.
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Cambridge University Press Metaphysical Realism and AntiRealism
Book SynopsisMinimally, metaphysical realists hold that there exist some mind-independent entities. Metaphysical realists also (tend to) hold that we can speak meaningfully or truthfully about mind-independent entities. Those who reject metaphysical realism deny one or more of these commitments. This Element aims to introduce the reader to the core commitments of metaphysical realism and to illustrate how these commitments have changed over time by surveying some of the main families of views that realism has been contrasted with: such as (radical) scepticism, idealism, and anti-realism.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. What is Metaphysical Realism?; 3. Rejecting Realism; 4. The Prospects for Realism.
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Cambridge University Press Mechanisms in Science
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Cambridge University Press God and Being
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Cambridge University Press Kants Late Philosophy of Nature
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Cambridge University Press Platos SunLike Good
Book SynopsisIn this book, Sarah Broadie presents an original and lucid in-depth discussion of theRepublic's philosopher-rulers, their dialectic, and their relationship to the form of the good. By reconceiving that form as 'interrogative', the book interprets those central reference-points of Platonism in down-to-earth terms without undermining Plato's philosophical greatness.Trade Review'Sarah Broadie's new book is one of the most exciting and important books I have read on Plato's Republic. Its rigorous and systematic challenge to orthodox ways of understanding what the form of good is, and why mathematics plays a central role in a philosopher's education, will be debated for many years to come.' Richard Kraut, Northwestern University'… exemplary and inspiring.' William Altman, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsPart 1. Approaching the Sun-Good Analogy: 1.1 Introductory; 1.2 The philosopher-rulers' intellectual task; 1.3 'The most important thing to learn': Between plural and singular; 1.4 What further knowledge does the longer way achieve?; Part 2. The Form of the Good and Knowledge: 2.1 Sun, cave, and sun again; 2.2 Connecting sun and line; 2.3 Higher and lower intellectual levels; 2.4 Mathematical versus dialectical hypotheses; 2.5 Saphēneia; 2.6 The form of the good as non-hypothetical principle; 2.7 Dialectic and the good: Some questions; 2.8 The role of the form of the good in dialectic; 2.9 Some objections and replies; 2.10 Textual counterevidence; 2.11 The non-hypothetical principle as first premiss?; 2.12 The form of the good as object of definition?; 2.13 Dialectic and experience; 2.14 Diagrams, dialectic, and context; 2.15 Dialectic in government; 2.16 Not rigorous enough?; 2.17 Why is dialectic cognitively superior to mathematics?; 2.18 Why are we shown so little about dialectic in the Republic?; 2.19 True philosophers versus sight-lovers; 2.20 Criteria and scope of 'good'; 2.21 Main positions of Parts 1 and 2; Part 3. The Form of the Good and Being: 3.1 Preliminaries; 3.2 First proposal; 3.3 Interim discussion of 505a2-4; 3.4 Second proposal; 3.5 Perfectionist accounts; 3.6 System accounts; Part 4. Various Further Questions: 4.1 Ambiguity of 'the good' (I); 4.2 Ambiguity of 'the good' (II); 4.3 Why the mathematical education?; 4.4 Cosmology, theology; Part 5. Winding Up.
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Cambridge University Press Catharine Trotter Cockburn
Book SynopsisThis Element affirms the distinction between questions concerning the metaphysical foundation of morality and questions concerning the practice of morality. It examines Cockburn's religious views and considers her understanding of the relation between morality and religion and her religious views concerning the resurrection and the afterlife.Table of Contents1. Catharine Trotter Cockburn's life and works; 2. Epistemology and metaphysics; 3. Moral philosophy; 4. Religion; 5. Cockburn's significance; List of abbreviations; References.
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Cambridge University Press The Epistemic Consequences of Paradox
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Cambridge University Press Kuhns Intellectual Path
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Cambridge University Press Recognition and the Self in Hegels Phenomenology of Spirit
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Cambridge University Press Heideggers Social Ontology
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Cambridge University Press Truthmaking
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Cambridge University Press Dispositions and Powers
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Cambridge University Press Reversing the Arrow of Time
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Cambridge University Press Kants Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics
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Cambridge University Press Propositional Quantifiers
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Cambridge University Press Meinongianism
Book SynopsisMeinongianism (named after Alexius Meinong) is, roughly, the view that there are not only existent but also nonexistent objects. In this book, Meinong''s so-called object theory as well as ?neo-Meinongian? reconstructions are presented and discussed, especially with respect to logical issues, both from a historical and a systematic perspective. Among others, the following topics are addressed: basic principles and motivations for Meinongianism; the distinction between ?there is? (??x?) and ?exists? (?E!?); interpretations and kinds of quantification; Meinongianism, the principle of excluded middle and the principle of non-contradiction; the nuclear-extranuclear distinction and modes of predication; varieties of neo-Meinongianism and Meinongian logics.
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Cambridge University Press Preference Change
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Cambridge University Press The Attitude of Agnosticism
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy of Physical Magnitudes
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Cambridge University Press Chemistrys Metaphysics
Book SynopsisThis Element establishes this claim by showing how key metaphysical issues are informed by drawing on chemistry. Five metaphysical topics are investigated, each of which illuminates the novel ways that metaphysics of science can be informed by chemistry. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Natural kinds; 3. Realism and reduction; 4. Laws and causes; 5. Conclusion; References.
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Cambridge University Press Abstract Objects
Book SynopsisThis Element addresses questions helping newcomers understand what they are concerned about and what are the most influential considerations at work in this area of metaphysics. It also provides advice on which lines of discussion promise to be the most fruitful.
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Cambridge University Press The Skeptic and the Veridicalist
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Cambridge University Press Transcendental Epistemology
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Cambridge University Press God and the Problem of Evidential Ambiguity
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Cambridge University Press The Problem of Divine Action in the World
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Cambridge University Press Units of Selection
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Cambridge University Press The Trinity
Book SynopsisThe doctrine of the Trinity, proclaimed by Christians through the Nicene-Constantinople creed, is foundational to traditional Christian belief and worship of God. But is this doctrine logically coherent? How can there be three divine persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), each is God, and yet there is only one God? This is a fundamental question for philosophers, but theologians have additional questions. This Element addresses philosophical and theological issues concerning the Trinity: Hermeneutical and Logical problems, Personal Pronouns, Monarchy, Equality, the Greek vs. Latin filioque debate, Real Relations, Unity of Action, Self-Knowledge in the Trinity, and Simplicity. Based on my recent rediscovery of the sixth ecumenical council''s (Constantinople III) clarifications of Trinitarian doctrine, this Element introduces Conciliar Trinitarianism and shows how it responds to the issues, including a resolution to the fundamental logical question. It also compares Conciliar Trinitarianism with Miaphysite, neo-Sabellian, Social, and other models of the Trinity.
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Cambridge University Press Philosophical Medical and Legal Controversies About Brain Death
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Cambridge University Press Platos Moral Realism
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Cambridge University Press Aristotles Ontology of Artefacts
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Cambridge University Press Victoria Welby
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Cambridge University Press Open Theism
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Cambridge University Press Theistic Evolution
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Cambridge University Press Reconstructing Empedocles Thought
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Cambridge University Press Hylomorphism
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Cambridge University Press Units of Selection
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Cambridge University Press The Skeptic and the Veridicalist
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Cambridge University Press God and the Problem of Evidential Ambiguity
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Cambridge University Press God and Being
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy of Physical Magnitudes
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Cambridge University Press Abstract Objects
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Cambridge University Press Chemistrys Metaphysics
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