Oxford Studies in Metaphysics: Volume 2

Oxford reviews in Metaphysics is the discussion board for the simplest new paintings during this flourishing box. a lot of the main fascinating paintings in philosophy this present day is metaphysical in personality: this new sequence is a much-needed concentration for it. OSM bargains a vast view of the topic, that includes not just the usually significant issues equivalent to life, id, modality, time, and causation, but additionally the wealthy clusters of metaphysical questions in neighbouring fields, comparable to philosophy of brain and philosophy of technological know-how.

The Mind in Nature

What are the main primary good points of the realm? Do minds stand outdoors the common order? Is a unified photo of psychological and actual fact attainable? The brain in Nature presents a staunchly realist account of the realm as a unified approach incorporating either the psychological and the actual. C. B. Martin, an unique and influential exponent of 'ontologically critical' metaphysics, echoes Locke's dictum that 'all issues that exist are just particulars', andargues that homes are robust characteristics.

Pure: Modernity, Philosophy, and the One

Natural: Modernity, Philosophy, and the single is an experimental paintings of philosophy during which the writer aspires to imagine his as far back as a "premodern" worldview derived from the philosophical culture of Platonism. To this finish he makes an attempt to spot and elucidate the basic highbrow assumptions of modernity and to topic those assumptions to a severe evaluate from the point of view of Platonic metaphysics.

Filosofia Concreta (Coleção Filosofia Atual) (Portuguese Edition)

A obra Filosofia Concreta, publicada originalmente em 1957, estabelece o modo de filosofar do escritor e pensador brasileiro Mário Ferreira dos Santos. Ele considera a filosofia como ciência rigorosa, aceitando o que é demonstrado e não o problemático e provável. Esta edição traz ainda um CD com trechos de aulas de Mário sobre temas relacionados à filosofia concreta, gravados por seus alunos na década de 1960.