This book charts the evolution of metaphysics since Descartes and provides a compelling case for why metaphysics matters. Series: The Evolution of Modern Philosophy. Num Pages: 692 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1070. . 2014. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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Title: The Evolution of Modern Philosophy: The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521616557
ISBN 13: 9780521616553
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New

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This book is concerned with the history of metaphysics since Descartes. Taking as its definition of metaphysics 'the most general attempt to make sense of things', it charts the evolution of this enterprise through various competing conceptions of its possibility, scope, and limits. The book is divided into three parts, dealing respectively with the early modern period, the late modern period in the analytic tradition, and the late modern period in non-analytic traditions. In its unusually wide range, A. W. Moore's study refutes the tired old clich� that there is some unbridgeable gulf between analytic philosophy and philosophy of other kinds. It also advances its own distinctive and compelling conception of what metaphysics is and why it matters. Moore explores how metaphysics can help us to cope with continually changing demands on our humanity by making sense of things in ways that are radically new.

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A. W. Moore is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford. He is the author of three previous books: The Infinite (1990); Points of View (1997); and Noble in Reason, Infinite in Faculty: Themes and Variations in Kant's Moral and Religious Philosophy (2003). He is also the editor or co-editor of several anthologies, and his articles and reviews have appeared in numerous other scholarly publications.

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