{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-modern-metaphysics-making-sense-of-things-paperback-9780521616553","title":"The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics; Making Sense of Things (Paperback) 9780521616553","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Evolution of Modern Metaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMaking Sense of Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book charts the evolution of metaphysics since Descartes and provides a compelling case for why metaphysics matters.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. W. Moore (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521616553, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 17 July 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e692 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.9 cm, 1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a bold and engaging book, opening up much fertile ground for future work. I highly recommend a close reading of it.' Analysis and Metaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is concerned with the history of metaphysics since Descartes. Taking as its definition of metaphysics 'the most general attempt to make sense of things', it charts the evolution of this enterprise through various competing conceptions of its possibility, scope, and limits. The book is divided into three parts, dealing respectively with the early modern period, the late modern period in the analytic tradition, and the late modern period in non-analytic traditions. In its unusually wide range, A. W. Moore's study refutes the tired old cliché that there is some unbridgeable gulf between analytic philosophy and philosophy of other kinds. It also advances its own distinctive and compelling conception of what metaphysics is and why it matters. Moore explores how metaphysics can help us to cope with continually changing demands on our humanity by making sense of things in ways that are radically new.\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. The Early Modern Period: 1. Descartes: metaphysics in the service of science\u003cbr\u003e 2. Spinoza: metaphysics in the service of ethics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Leibniz: metaphysics in the service of theodicy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hume: metaphysics committed to the flames?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Kant: the possibility, scope, and limits of metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fichte: transcendentalism versus naturalism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Hegel: transcendentalism-cum-naturalism\u003cbr\u003e or, absolute idealism\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Late Modern Period I: The Analytic Tradition: 8. Frege: sense under scrutiny\u003cbr\u003e 9. The early Wittgenstein: the possibility, scope, and limits of sense\u003cbr\u003e or, sense, senselessness, and nonsense\u003cbr\u003e 10. The later Wittgenstein: bringing words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use\u003cbr\u003e 11. Carnap: the elimination of metaphysics?\u003cbr\u003e 12. Quine: the ne plus ultra of naturalism\u003cbr\u003e 13. Lewis: metaphysics in the service of philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 14. Dummett: the logical basis of metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Late Modern Period II: Non-Analytic Traditions: 15. Nietzsche: sense under scrutiny again\u003cbr\u003e 16. Bergson: metaphysics as pure creativity\u003cbr\u003e 17. Husserl: making sense of making sense\u003cbr\u003e 18. Heidegger: letting being be\u003cbr\u003e 19. Collingwood: metaphysics as history\u003cbr\u003e 20. Derrida: metaphysics deconstructed?\u003cbr\u003e 21. Deleuze: something completely different\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAB%5D%22\"\u003eHRAB\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20metaphysics%20\u0026amp;%20ontology%20%5BHPJ%5D%22\"\u003eHPJ\u003c\/a\u003e], History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e], 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":46001059823896,"sku":"9780521616553","price":37.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521616553i_6c452d02-5baa-4b6e-943a-cf0a71d27df1.jpg?v=1691370562","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-evolution-of-modern-metaphysics-making-sense-of-things-paperback-9780521616553","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}