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Ontology revisited : metaphysics in social and political philosophy / / Ruth Groff



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Autore: Groff Ruth <1963-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ontology revisited : metaphysics in social and political philosophy / / Ruth Groff Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
Disciplina: 110
Soggetto topico: Metaphysics
Ontology
Social sciences - Philosophy
Political science - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Ontology RevisitedMetaphysics in Social and Political Philosophy; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 The Myth of Metaphysical Neutrality; 2 Hume: Custom as Metaphysical Necessity; 3 J. S. Mill: Humeanism and the Perfection of Distinctively Human Capacities; 4 Kant and the Frankfurt School: Freedom as Escape from the Transcendental Subject; 5 Agents, Powers and Events: Humeanism and the Free Will Debate; 6 Metaphysics and the Capabilities Approach: Martha Nussbaum, Political Liberalism and the Ideal of Metaphysical Neutrality; 7 Powers, Ontology and the Appeal to Spinoza; Notes
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Sommario/riassunto: Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit. Social and political philosophy, she maintains, is not as metaphysically neutral as it may seem. Even the most deontological of theories connects up with an attendant set of philosophical commitments regarding what kinds of things exist, as a fundamental ontological matter, and what they are like. These are topics of interest not just to social and political philosophers, but to social scientists and to philosophers of social science as well. ""Ruth Groff has broken new ground in demonstrating the connection betwe
Titolo autorizzato: Ontology revisited  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-60793-X
9786613920386
1-136-99558-7
0-203-85515-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462233203321
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Serie: Ontological explorations.