Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> Metaphysics

This book investigates Aristotle's views on abstraction and explores how he uses it. In this work, the author follows Aristotle in focusing on the scientific detail first and then approaches the metaphysical claims, and so creates a reconstructed theory that explains many puzzles of Aristotle's thought. Understanding the details of his theory of relations and abstraction further illuminates his theory of universals.

Some of the features of Aristotle's theory of abstraction developed in this book include: abstraction is a relation; perception and knowledge are types of abstraction;...

Leo Tolstoy was much more than a writer of world famous novels.  An avid social thinker, he was a supporter of ‘Georgism’ a revolutionary economic theory that advocated the abolition of all taxes except those on land ownership (see Progress and Poverty, Aziloth Book).

But in early middle age Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, enduring recurrent bouts of religious and moral misgivings which took over three decades to resolve.  My Confession (the original title, better known today as A Confession) is the great man’s account of...

In Omissions, Randolph Clarke offers the first comprehensive account of these phenomena, addressing three main questions: What is an omission?...

Applying the tools and methods of analytic philosophy, analytic feminism is an approach adopted in discussions of sexism, classism and racism. The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Feminism presents the first comprehensive reference resource to the nature, history and significance of this growing tradition and the forms of social discrimination widely covered in feminist writings.

Through individual sections on metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory, a team of esteemed philosophers examine the relationship between analytic feminism and the main areas of philosophical...

This book describes and analyzes the levels of experience that long-distance running produces. It looks at the kinds of experiences caused by long-distance running, the dimensions contained in these experiences, and their effects on the subjective life-world and well-being of an individual. Taking a philosophical approach, the analysis presented in this book is founded on Maurice Merleau-Pontys phenomenology of the body and Martin Heideggers fundamental ontology.

Running is a versatile form of physical exercise which does not reveal all of its dimensions at once. These dimensions...

Gnosis and The Tarot - A Key to the Gnostic Path of Tarot by Melvin Harris Gnosis and The Tarot is a book for all who are truly interested in exploring the rivers of the soul as depicted in the ancient wisdom of the Tarot. The Rose Light Method is an original divination method, a completely new issue, garnered from not only the author's 55 years of experience working with Tarot, but also from the wisdom gleaned from his vast karmic treasure. This method as it is presented to the reader, provides a valid tool for both the advanced user of Tarot as well as the beginner. The Rose Light Oracle...