The Ultimate Nature of Things: Pathways Program F. Metaphysics (Pathways to Philosophy) - Softcover

Klempner, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1793381119 ISBN 13: 9781793381118

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Is there more to existence than the familiar objects of sense perception, or the underlying structures that science describes? Are there things that lie beyond the mundane world of empirical inquiry, things whose nature can only be approached through pure reasoning? While some philosophers today remain sceptical about such a possibility, others continue to hold theories that are unashamedly 'metaphysical'. One theory formulated over two centuries ago that still finds adherents today is Berkeley's 'immaterialism' – the view that our familiar material world of objects in space is ultimately composed of mental entities, such as perceptions in the mind of God. We shall be looking at this and other similar theories and examining their claims to credibility.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1793381119
• ISBN 13: 9781793381118
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 239