Smith Centering and Extending

An Essay on Metaphysical Sense
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6425-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

An original metaphysical proposal building on classical and contemporary sources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Steven G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. Metaphysical Sense

World and Life
Sense and Meaningfulness
Sense, Success, and Satisfaction
The Metaphysical Kind of Sense
The Parmenidean Topic of Being
Metaphysical Sense and Meaningfulness

2. Platonism

Being
Forms
Soul
Matter
Lessons of Platonism

3. Cartesianism

Cartesian Dualism
Spinozan Duality
Leibnizian Monadology
Monadology and Meaningfulness
Bergsonian Dualism
Bergsonism and Meaningfulness

4. Centering and Extending

The Way In: Concepts of the Right Kind
The Proposal
A Note on Nonreductive Physicalism
A Note on Panexperientialist Physicalism
A Note on Deleuze and Guattari’s Metaphysics

5. Naturalism and Mind

Intentionality
Consciousness and Actuality
The Causal Relevance of the Mental
Soul as Natural

6. World Order

Richness, Complexity, and Organization
Levels of Being
The Harmony of the World
Ultimate Sense and Meaningfulness

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Steven G. Smith is Jennie Carlisle Golding Professor of Philosophy at Millsaps College. He is the author of several books, including Worth Doing, also published by SUNY Press.