The metaphysical presuppositions of being-in-the-world [[electronic resource] ] : a confrontation between St. Thomas Aquinas and Martin Heidegger / / Caitlin Smith Gilson

• Autore: Smith Gilson Caitlin
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Continuum, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 110
• Soggetto topico: Intentionality (Philosophy); Metaphysics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Fourfold Historical Origin of Metaphysics; Chapter 2 St. Thomas Aquinas and Classical Intentionality; Chapter 3 The Fourfold Reversals: The Displacement of Being-in-the-World; Chapter 4 The Fourfold Intensities; Epilogue: The Metaphysics of Tragedy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Metaphysical Presuppositions of Being-in-the-World brings St. Thomas Aquinas and Martin Heidegger into dialogue and argues for the necessity of Christian philosophy. Through the confrontation of Heideggerian and Thomist thought, it offers an original and comprehensive rethinking of the nature of temporality and the origins of metaphysical inquiry. The book is a careful treatment of the inception and deterioration of the four-fold presuppositions of Thomistic metaphysics: intentionality, causality, finitude, ananke stenai. The analysis of the four-fold has never before been done and it is a
• Titolo autorizzato: The metaphysical presuppositions of being-in-the-world
• ISBN: 1-4411-8014-1; 1-282-57683-6; 9786612576836; 1-4411-2367-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458227803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II