Being in America : : sixty years of the metaphysical society /

Being in America : : sixty years of the metaphysical society / / edited by Brian G. Henning and David Kovacs.

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Since its founding in 1950, the Metaphysical Society of America has remained a pluralistic community dedicated to rigorous philosophical inquiry into the most basic metaphysical questions. At each year’s conference, the presidential address offers original insights into metaphysical questions. Both...

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Superior document:Value Inquiry Book Series ; Volume 272
TeilnehmendeR:
Henning, Brian G.,
Kovacs, David,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam, Netherlands : : Rodopi,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series ; Volume 272.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE FOUR-FOLD ART OF AVOIDING QUESTIONS / Paul Weiss
  • THE PROBLEM OF THE ANALOGY OF BEING / George Klubertanz
  • THE SELF AS SOURCE OF MEANING IN METAPHYSICS / W. Norris Clarke
  • REALITY AND METAPHYSICS / Joseph Owens
  • MERLEAU-PONTY AND THE RENEWAL OF ONTOLOGY / Marjorie Grene
  • METAPHYSICS, CRITIQUE, AND UTOPIA / Richard J. Bernstein
  • THE QUESTION OF BEING / Robert Sokolowski
  • IS METAPHYSICS POSSIBLE? / Stanley Rosen
  • THE SCIENCE WE ARE SEEKING / Ralph McInerny
  • THE PRACTICALITY OF METAPHYSICS / Frederick Ferré
  • TWO FACES OF SCIENCE / Ernan McMullin
  • ARE CATEGORIES INVENTED OR DISCOVERED? A RESPONSE TO FOUCAULT / Jorge J. E. Gracia
  • TEXTUALITY, REALITY, AND THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE / Nicholas Rescher
  • METAPHYSICS AND LANGUAGE / John Herman Randall
  • BEING, IMMEDIACY, AND ARTICULATION / John E. Smith
  • STRIVING TO SPEAK IN A HUMAN VOICE: A PEIRCEAN CONTRIBUTION TO METAPHYSICAL DISCOURSE / Vincent Colapietro
  • THE METAPHYSICS OF THE GOOD / Ivor Leclerc
  • PERISHABLE GOODS / George Allan
  • THE GENEROSITY OF THE GOOD / Joseph Grange
  • THE LEGACY AND FUTURE / Robert C. Neville
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES OF THE METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 1952–2010 / Brian G. Henning and David Kovacs
  • INDEX / Brian G. Henning and David Kovacs
  • VIBS / Brian G. Henning and David Kovacs.

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