Essay on Metaphysics

Zusatztext This skilfully-edited and handsomely-produced book... Nearly sixty years after its first publication An Essay on Metaphysics retains its philosophical value. Informationen zum Autor R. G. Collingwood was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy in the University of Oxford from 1935 to 1941. Klappentext One of the great Oxford philosopher's finest works, Essay on Metaphysics considers the nature of philosophy, and puts forward Collingwood's original and influential theories of causation, presuppositions, and the logic of question and answer. This new edition includes three fascinating unpublished pieces that illuminate and amplify the Essay. Zusammenfassung A second revised edition of this title in which the author discusses the nature of philosophy and posits his theories of absolute presuppositions, causation and the logic of question and answer. Three other texts, previously unpublished, have been added to this volume, and expand on the original essay. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Introduction Select Bibliography Author's Preface AN ESSAY ON METAPHYSICS (1940) Endnotes The Nature of Metaphysical Study (1934) The Function of Metaphysics in Civilization (1938) Notes for an Essay on Logic (1939) Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: R G Collingwood, R. G. Collingwood, R. G. (Late Waynflete Professor of Me Collingwood, R.g. Collingwood, Collingwood R. G., Rex Martin
• Collaboration: Rex Martin (Editeur), Martin Rex (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.07.1998
• EAN: 9780198235613
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823561-3
• Pages: 546
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -