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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969172903321

Autore

Felt James W. <1926->

Titolo

Aims : a brief metaphysics for today / / James W. Felt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2007

ISBN

9780268079659

026807965X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 148 p

Disciplina

110

Soggetti

Metaphysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The beginning -- A brief description of experiencing -- Interlude on method -- A preliminary metaphysical interpretation of experience -- Aims and the experiencing subject -- The object-structure of immediate experience : space -- The subject-structure of immediate experience : time -- On the interactions of primary beings -- Free acts -- The basic structure of primary beings -- Existing as participated act -- Participation and God -- The problem of the origin of essential aims -- Three options for a solution -- Making a choice -- "Know yourself!"

Sommario/riassunto

This concise, finely crafted discussion provides a thoroughly teleological, value-centered approach to metaphysics and proves a thorough and insightful project in modern philosophy.