{"product_id":"metaphysics-its-structure-and-function-paperback-9780521338028","title":"Metaphysics; Its Structure and Function (Paperback) 9780521338028","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIts Structure and Function\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is an ambitious and substantial study of metaphysics: its nature and inescapability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephan Körner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521338028, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 May 1986\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is an ambitious and substantial study of metaphysics: its nature and inescapability. Professor Körner's method may be described as 'philosophical anthropology', and aims to arrive at a characterisation of the metaphysical beliefs with which we (have to) operate. Professor Körner begins by describing how the categorical framework of a person's metaphysical beliefs may be embedded in more ordinary beliefs and practical attitudes to the world. He illustrates the variety of such frameworks and describes their role, going on to explain how they may be modified by argument and reflection. This is an independent inquiry, but also the culmination of a series of Professor Körner's earlier works. The writing is extremely clear and the material sensitively controlled, revealing great learning and many suggestive insights and comparisons. It presents overall a comprehensive and carefully thought-out account of metaphysics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. On the organisation of beliefs and attitudes: 1. On the cognitive organisation of experience\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the organisation of practical attitudes\u003cbr\u003e 3. On the aesthetic attitudes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Immanent and transcendent philosophy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. On Immanent and Transcendent Metaphysics: 5. The principles of logic as supreme cognitive principles\u003cbr\u003e 6. On mathematical thinking as a possible source of immanent metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 7. On predictive and instrumental thinking about nature as a possible source of immanent metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 8. On thinking about persons and mental phenomena as a possible source of immanent metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 9. On thinking about social phenomena and history as a possible source of immanent metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 10. On delimiting a person's immanent metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 11. Transcendent metaphysics and the application of concepts\u003cbr\u003e 12. Transcendent metaphysics and the limits of conceptual thinking\u003cbr\u003e 13. On antimetaphysical errors and illusions\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Stability and Change in Metaphysics: 14. On internal strains\u003cbr\u003e 15. On external pressures exerted by methodological and other arguments\u003cbr\u003e 16. On metaphysical pluralism, intrametaphysical and metaphysical progress\u003cbr\u003e 17. Some speculations about transcendent reality\u003cbr\u003e Summary of Theses\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005238071576,"sku":"9780521338028","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521338028i_2a54f5b8-d14d-4484-a108-639d84c0658c.jpg?v=1691375419","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/metaphysics-its-structure-and-function-paperback-9780521338028","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}