{"product_id":"metaphysics-or-ontology-9789004358256","title":"Metaphysics or Ontology?","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMetaphysics or Ontology? treats the evolution of the object of metaphysics from being, to the concept of being, to, finally, the object (thought). Possible being must be non-contradictory, but an object of thought includes anything a human being can think, including contradictions and nothingness. When the concept of being, or object of thought, replaces existence as the object of metaphysics, it becomes something other than metaphysics—ontology, or something beyond ontology. However, ontology cannot examine existence because it only investigates concepts and possibility. Only classical metaphysics investigates reality qua reality. This book masterfully treats the history of this controversy and many other important metaphysical questions raised over the centuries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Metaphysics or Ontology? masterfully treats not only the history of the controversy, but also many important metaphysical questions that have been raised over the centuries. What is at stake are the most fundamental and important questions philosophers can ask such as (1) How should we understand being—as real or possible?, (2) How should we understand existence—as actuality or as a mode of essence?, and (3) What has priority, essence or existence? This is a book that will reward the reader with new insights each time it is read; it deserves the special attention of scholars and philosophers for decades to come.\" Robert Anthony Delfino, St. John’s University, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword  Robert Delfino Preface  Introduction   Part 1: On the Origin of Metaphysics 1 From Sophía to Philosophía 2 From Philosophy (φιλοσοφία) to Meta-physics (τὰ μeτà τὰ φυσικά) 3 From ta metá ta physiká to Metaphysics   Commentaries: The Assimilation and Continuity of Culture 4 The Autonomy of Metaphysics 5 Ontology in the Middle Ages? Part 1 Summary   Part 2: The Rise of Ontology 6 Descartes and Malebranche—The Return of Augustinianism 7 British Philosophy: The Marginalization of Metaphysics 8 The Founders of Ontology: From Lorhard to Clauberg 9 Ontology before Metaphysics: From Wolff to Kant 10 Logic as Ontology: Hegel 11 The Apotheosis of Mathematics: Bolzano, Frege, and Meinong 12 Phenomenology apart from Metaphysics: Husserl, Ingarden, Heidegger 13 Metaphysics as Ontology: Nicolai Hartmann 14 Analytic Philosophy: A Metaphysics of Conceptual Schemata 15 Metaphysics or Ontology of Process? 16 Negative Ontology: Adorno 17 Postmoderism: The End of Metaphysics, or the End of Ontology? Part 2 Summary  Part 3: Metaphysics or Ontology: Disputed Questions 18 Being or the Concept of Being?\/b\u0026gt;    The Term ‘Being’ and Its Meaning   Being and the Apprehension of Being   19 Real Being or Possible Being?    On the Principle of Identity and Non-Contradiction    Possibility, Potency, and Real Essence: Aristotle    Toward Possible Essence    The Concept of Being and Possible Being: From Duns Scotus to Suárez    Possible Being and Theology   20 Existence: Act or Modus?    Existence: Etymology of the Term    Did Aristotle Know the Difference between Essence and Existence?    What Did Al-Farabi Discover?    Existence as the Act of Being—Thomas Aquinas    Existence is a Mode of Essence—Duns Scotus    Suárez, the Heir of Scotus    The Logical Transformation of Existence: Wolff   21 Essence Instead of Being    The Etymology of the Word ‘Essence’    Essence in Itself—Al Farabi and Avicenna    Essence Reinstated to Reality—Thomas Aquinas    Essence apart from Reality—Duns Scotus    Essence according to Suárez: The Return to Duns Scotus    Essence that is Real because It is Possible: Clauberg and Wolff    Kant: Separation from Essence    Hegel: The Absolutization of Essence    Essence in Phenomenology    Heidegger—Illusory Critique of Essence   22 Ontology: Unreal Reality   23 Ontology and the Object    Object: Etymology and Terminology    The Object and the Knowledge of Being in Metaphysics    The Object Instead of Being: Ontology    Kant—The Creation of the Object    Hegel—Objectivism without Realism    Meinong: The Theory of the Object Instead of Ontology   24 Intentionality: Outside of Reality    Intentionality: The Etymology of the Word    The Theological Context    The Philosophical Context   25 Ontology and the Subject    Subject: Etymology of the Word    The Subject in Metaphysics    From Descartes to Leibniz    Kant—Creator of the Philosophy of the Subject   26 Ontology and System    System: Etymology and Pre-Philosophical Meaning    System in Ancient Philosophy    System as Organized Knowledge    A System that Makes Reality: Hegel and Schelling    Whether Suárez was the Author of the First System of Metaphysics, and if so, in What Sense    What Sort of Realistic Metaphysics?    Critique of Philosophy as a System—But What Sort of System?    Ontology and Logical Systems   27 Univocity or Analogy?   28 Metaphysics, Ontology, Onto-Theology?  Part 3 Summary   Conclusion   Bibliography  Index of Names  Index of Subjects","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210742423895,"sku":"9789004358256","price":86.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/metaphysics-or-ontology-9789004358256","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}