Hegel had a grand conception of philosophy. He conceived its task to be the attainment of a knowledge which absolute, that is, without limitation. However since some of his most important, immediat…
The nature of reality has been the subject for debate since Plato. The philosopher and scientist has been tantalized, while artists were mused. Physics has pioneered alternate interpretations of t…
The foundations is for the general reader who possesses "common rational knowledge of morality", but lacks a philosophical theory of it. The ordinary man knows very well in most cases what he ought…
This book Contains a series of lectures delivered by Heidegger in 1935 at the University of Freiburg. In this work Heidegger presents the broadest and most intelligible account of the problem of be…
Person and Object is a powerful study in metaphysics. The book has four chapters and five appendices (though one is just a summary of his definitions). Chapters and appendices are free standing. Th…
This classic in the philosophy of science describes and analyzes the profound change from the philosophy of the Middle Ages to the modern view of humanity's less central place in the universe. It o…
Accepting the traditional definition of metaphysics as the study of ultimate reality, Peter van Inwagen builds this textbook around three crucial questions: What are the most general features of th…
The real drama in metaphysics remains where it has always been, in balancing the rage for order with delight in near chaotic variety. Order prevails from time to time, in the form of theories about…
If metaphysics a discipline; if so, what are its requirements; and how can be these met? Answers such questions are needed in order that metaphysics be able effectively to assimilate recent develop…