Metaphysics and Its Task - The Search for the Categorial Foundation of Knowledge (Hardcover)

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 and 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 de eloped 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.

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY Series in Philosophy
Release date:	July 1999
First published:	July 1999
Authors:	Jorge J. E Gracia
Dimensions:	236 x 157 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	247
ISBN-13:	978-0-7914-4213-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
LSN:	0-7914-4213-6
Barcode:	9780791442135

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