Systematically analyzes the nature of metaphysics.
By offering the first systematic analysis of the nature of the discipline, Metaphysics and Its Task answers why metaphysics always recovers from the attacks it has been subjected to throughout its history. This is done by examining its object, method, aim, and the kind of propositions of which it is composed.
In addition to presenting a new conception of metaphysics and an explanation of the resilience of the discipline, the book offers a novel understanding of the nature and ontological status of categories, an analysis of the nature of reductionism and its role in philosophy, and a discussion and criticism of the main views concerning the nature of metaphysics developed in the history of philosophy.
In this nonsectarian book Gracia uses sources ranging from Plato and Aquinas, to Collingwood and Strawson. Written in nontechnical language, it is accompanied by detailed bibliographical references.
| ISBN: | 9780791442135 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 1999 |
| Author: | Jorge J E Gracia |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 247 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology |
Systematically analyzes the nature of metaphysics.By offering the first systematic analysis of the nature of the discipline, Metaphysics and Its Task answers why metaphysics always recovers from the attacks it has been subjected to throughout its history. This is done by examining its object, method, aim, and the kind of propositions of which it is composed.
Metaphysics and Its Task features in the following genres: Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology
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Metaphysics and Its Task was written by Jorge J E Gracia and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Metaphysics and Its Task has 247 pages
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