Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

Author: Vasilis Politis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1134529791

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Aristotles' 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in Ancient Philosophy. This GuideBook looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, the ideas and text of the Metaphysics and Aristotle's philosophical legacy.

Substantial Knowledge
Substantial Knowledge

Author: C. D. C. Reeve

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1603840141

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In this groundbreaking work, C. D. C. Reeve uses a fundamental problem--the Primacy Dilemma--to explore Aristotle's metaphysics, epistemology, dialectic, philosophy of mind, and theology in a new way. At a time when Aristotle is most often studied piecemeal, Reeve attempts to see him both in detail and as a whole, so that it is from detailed analysis of hundreds of particular passages, drawn from dozens of Aristotelian treatises, and translated in full that his overall picture of Aristotle emerges. Primarily a book for philosophers and advanced students with an interest in the fundamental problems with which Aristotle is grappling, Substantial Knowledge's clear, non-technical and engaging style will appeal to any reader eager to explore Aristotle’s difficult but extraordinarily rewarding thought.

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Anscombe's Intention
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Anscombe's Intention

Author: Rachael Wiseman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-31

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1317309286

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G. E. M. Anscombe’s Intention is a classic of twentieth-century philosophy. The work has been enormously influential despite being a dense and largely misunderstood text. It is a standard reference point for anyone engaging with philosophy of action and philosophy of psychology. In this Routledge Philosophy GuideBook, Rachael Wiseman: situates Intention in relation to Anscombe’s moral philosophy and philosophy of mind considers the influence of Aquinas, Aristotle, Frege, and Wittgenstein on the method and content of Intention adopts a structure for assessing the text that shows how Anscombe unifies the three aspects of the concept of intention considers the influence and implications of the piece whilst distinguishing it from subsequent work in the philosophy of action Ideal for anyone wanting to understand and gain a perspective on Elizabeth Anscombe’s seminal work, this guide is an essential introduction, useful in the study of the philosophy of action, ethics, philosophy of psychology and related areas.

Doing and Being
Doing and Being

Author: Jonathan Beere

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-10-29

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 0199206708

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Doing and Being confronts the problem of how to understand two central concepts of Aristotle's philosophy: energeia and dunamis. While these terms seem ambiguous between actuality/potentiality and activity/capacity, Aristotle did not intend them to be so. Through a careful and detailed reading of Metaphysics Theta, Beere argues that we can solve the problem by rejecting both "actuality" and "activity" as translations of energeia, and by working out an analogical conception of energeia. This approach enables Beere to discern a hitherto unnoticed connection between Plato's Sophist and Aristotle's Metaphysics Theta, and to give satisfying interpretations of the major claims that Aristotle makes in Metaphysics Theta, the claim that energeia is prior in being to capacity (Theta 8) and the claim that any eternal principle must be perfectly good (Theta 9).

Aristotle's 'Metaphysics'
Aristotle's 'Metaphysics'

Author: Edward Halper

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-07-12

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1441107134

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A concise, accessible and student-friendly introduction to a key text in Ancient Philosophy.

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

Author: Vasilis Politis

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780415251488

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This GuideBook looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, its ideas and text.

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kripke and Naming and Necessity
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kripke and Naming and Necessity

Author: Harold Noonan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05-09

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1135105154

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Saul Kripke is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His most celebrated work, Naming and Necessity, makes arguably the most important contribution to the philosophy of language and metaphysics in recent years. Asking fundamental questions – how do names refer to things in the world? Do objects have essential properties? What are natural kind terms and to what do they refer? – he challenges prevailing theories of language and conceptions of metaphysics, especially the descriptivist account of reference, which Kripke argues is found in Frege, Wittgenstein and Russell, and the anti-essentialist metaphysics of Quine. In this invaluable guidebook to Kripke's classic work, Harold Noonan introduces and assesses: Kripke's life and the background to his philosophy the ideas and text of Naming and Necessity the continuing importance of Kripke's work to the philosophy of language and metaphysics. The Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kripke and Naming and Necessity is an ideal starting point for anyone coming Kripke's work for the first time. It is essential reading for philosophy students studying philosophy of language, metaphysics, logic, or the history of analytic philosophy.

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason

Author: Sebastian Gardner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-07-09

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1134813724

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Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important work in western philosophy. The book introduces and assesses: * Kant's life and background of the Critique of Pure Reason * the ideas and text of the Critique of Pure Reason * the continuing relevance of Kant's work to contemporary philosophy. Ideal for anyone coming to Kant's thought for the first time. This guide will be vital reading for all students of Kant in philosophy.

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Descartes and The Meditations
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Descartes and The Meditations

Author: Gary Carl Hatfield

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780415111928

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Rene Descartes is generally accepted as the "father of modern philosophy", and his Meditations is perhaps the most famous philosophical text ever written. In this Routledge Philosophy GuideBook, Gary Hatfield guides the reader through the text of the Meditations, providing commentary and analysis throughout. He assesses Descartes' importance in the history of philosophy and his continuing relevance to contemporary thought. Descartes and the Meditations will be essential reading for all students of philosophy, and for anyone coming to Descartes for the first time.

Aristotle
Aristotle

Author: Christopher Shields

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-04-11

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1134456298

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In this excellent introduction, Christopher Shields introduces and assesses the whole of Aristotle’s philosophy, showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of his thinking on the nature of the soul and the mind, ethics, politics and the arts. Beginning with a brief biography, Christopher Shields carefully explains the fundamental elements of Aristotle’s thought: his explanatory framework, his philosophical methodology and his four-causal explanatory scheme. Subsequently he discusses Aristotle’s metaphysics and the theory of categories and logical theory and his conception of the human being and soul and body. In the last part, he concentrates on Aristotle’s value theory as applied to ethics and politics, and assesses his approach to happiness, virtues and the best life for human beings. He concludes with an appraisal of Aristotelianism today.