Being in America : sixty years of the Metaphysical Society.

Being in America : sixty years of the Metaphysical Society.

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....

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Main Author: Henning, Brian G.

Other Authors: Kovacs, David.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2014.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 272.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Metaphysical Society of America.
Metaphysics > History > 20th century.
Philosophy, American > History > 20th century.
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Call Number: BD125 .H46 2014

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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.