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The Elements and Patterns of Being - Essays in Metaphysics (Hardcover)
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The Elements and Patterns of Being - Essays in Metaphysics (Hardcover)
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The Harvard philosopher Donald C. Williams (1899-1983) was a key
figure in the history of analytic philosophy. He played a crucial
role in reviving metaphysics at a time when other philosophers
ridiculed, criticized, and committed it to the flames. He
constructed an explanatorily powerful and parsimonious ontology and
cosmology founded on logic, science, and common sense. His most
influential articles were on the metaphysics of properties ('The
Elements of Being') and the metaphysics of time ('The Sea Fight
Tomorrow', 'The Myth of Passage'). His ontology of abstract
particulars or tropes and his four-dimensional manifold theory of
time remain leading hypotheses in metaphysics. Because of his novel
contributions and his defense of metaphysics he made a lasting
impact on philosophers of the next generation who in turn believed
in the substance of metaphysical inquiry. A. R. J. Fisher brings
together Williams's seminal articles in metaphysics along with
previously unpublished essays that shed new light on his
philosophical outlook and complete his metaphysical vision. This
volume, with its comprehensive Introduction, is set to be the
definitive source for Williams's work, both for historians of
analytic philosophy and for contemporary metaphysicians.
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