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Book SynopsisThe pieces collected here are written by fifteen philosophers and one poet who have been influenced by Stephen Priest, or develop themes in Priest’s philosophy, or both. They include contributions from the United Kingdom, the USA, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Taiwan and Japan by authors working in a range of traditions. Topics covered include philosophical method, the analytical/continental divide, the nature of the mind (or self, or soul), metaphysics, and the meaning of life. The volume also includes responses by Priest and an intellectual biography, describing some of the life-experiences which caused Priest to become interested in philosophy and to make the transition from existentialism to metaphysics.
Table of ContentsBenedikt Paul Göcke and Ralph Stefan Weir : Introduction —Stephen Priest : From Existentialism to Metaphysics: An Intellectual Autobiography —Timothy Williamson : Armchair Philosophy —Mikołaj Sławkowski- Rode : The Distinction in Question: The Analytic/ Continental Divide in Philosophy —Daniel Kodaj : The Metaphysical Poverty of Naturalism —Brian Elliott : Questioning Oneself —Imola Atkins : Mysticism and Philosophy —Ralph Stefan Weir : Private Language and the Mind as Absolute Interiority —Howard Robinson : John Foster’s and Michael Dummett’s Arguments for Idealism —Shogo Shimizu : On the Knowledge That This Human Being Is Uniquely Unique —Samuel Hughes : Priest on Religious Experience and the Soul —Christian Helmut Wenzel : Kant and Quantum Physics on Freedom and Determinism —Benedikt Paul Göcke : Itinerarium Mentis in Deum: The Philosophy of Stephen Priest as Mystical Theology —Martin Pickup : The Problem of Change Restored —Michael Inwood : Bergson on Nothing —Nicholas Waghorn : What is the Meaning of Life?’ A Philosophical Question with a Theological Answer? —Kerry Priest : Fifteen Metaphysical Poems —Stephen Priest : Replies — Notes on Contributors.
