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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785749103321

Autore

Desmond William <1951->

Titolo

The intimate strangeness of being [[electronic resource] ] : metaphysics after dialectic / / William Desmond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8132-1961-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; ; v. 56

Disciplina

110

Soggetti

Metaphysics

Philosophy, Modern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Metaphysics and the equivocities of dialectic. Being, determination, and dialectic : on the sources of metaphysical thinking -- Thinking on the double : the equivocities of dialectic -- Surplus immediacy, metaphysical thinking, and the defect(ion) of Hegel's concept -- Part 2. Metaphysics in the wake of dialectic. Is there metaphysics after critique? -- Metaphysics and the intimate strangeness of being : neither deconstruction nor reconstruction -- Part 3. Metaphysics beyond dialectic. Metaxological metaphysics and the equivocity of the everyday : between everydayness and the edge of eschatology -- Pluralism, truthfulness, and the patience of being -- The confidence of thought : between belief and metaphysics -- Analogy, dialectic, and divine transcendence : between St. Thomas and Hegel -- Ways of wondering : beyond the barbarism of reflection.