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Author : Mohan Matthen
Release : 1975
Genre : Contradiction
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Book Synopsis Essentialism and Non-contradiction by : Mohan Matthen
Download or read book Essentialism and Non-contradiction written by Mohan Matthen. This book was released on 1975. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. P. Matthen
Release : 1979
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Book Synopsis Essentialism and Non-contradiction by : M. P. Matthen
Download or read book Essentialism and Non-contradiction written by M. P. Matthen. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David S. Oderberg
Release : 2007-11-13
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Real Essentialism by : David S. Oderberg
Download or read book Real Essentialism written by David S. Oderberg. This book was released on 2007-11-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Essentialism presents a comprehensive defence of neo-Aristotelian essentialism. Do objects have essences? Must they be the kinds of things they are in spite of the changes they undergo? Can we know what things are really like – can we define and classify reality? Many if not most philosophers doubt this, influenced by centuries of empiricism, and by the anti-essentialism of Wittgenstein, Quine, Popper, and other thinkers. Real Essentialism reinvigorates the tradition of realist, essentialist metaphysics, defending the reality and knowability of essence, the possibility of objective, immutable definition, and its relevance to contemporary scientific and metaphysical issues such as whether essence transcends physics and chemistry, the essence of life, the nature of biological species, and the nature of the person.
Author : Edward Feser
Release : 2024-09-04
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Scholastic Metaphysics by : Edward Feser
Download or read book Scholastic Metaphysics written by Edward Feser. This book was released on 2024-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction provides an overview of Scholastic approaches to causation, substance, essence, modality, identity, persistence, teleology, and other issues in fundamental metaphysics. The book interacts heavily with the literature on these issues in contemporary analytic metaphysics, so as to facilitate the analytic reader’s understanding of Scholastic ideas and the Scholastic reader’s understanding of contemporary analytic philosophy. The Aristotelian theory of actuality and potentiality provides the organizing theme, and the crucial dependence of Scholastic metaphysics on this theory is demonstrated. The book is written from a Thomistic point of view, but Scotist and Suarezian positions are treated as well where they diverge from the Thomistic position. Edward Feser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California, USA. His most recent books include Aquinas and The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism, and the edited volume Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics.
Author : Vasilis Politis
Release : 2021-07-08
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Plato's Essentialism by : Vasilis Politis
Download or read book Plato's Essentialism written by Vasilis Politis. This book was released on 2021-07-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Vasilis Politis argues that Plato's Forms are essences, not merely things that have an essence. Politis shows that understanding Plato's theory of Forms as a theory of essence presents a serious challenge to contemporary philosophers who regard essentialism as little more than an optional item on the philosophical menu. This approach, he suggests, also constitutes a sharp critique of those who view Aristotelian essentialism as the only sensible position: Plato's essentialism, Politis demonstrates, is a well-argued, rigorous, and coherent theory, and a viable competitor to that of Aristotle. This book will appeal to students and scholars with an interest in the intersection between philosophy and the history of philosophy.
