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Old myths-- modern empires power, language, and identity in J.M. Coetzee's work / by Canepari-Labib, Michela, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Coetzee's denunciation of western metaphysics of power -- section 2. Shadows of the self -- section 3. …”
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The chronicles of Narnia and philosophy : the lion, the witch, and the worldview /

Table of Contents: “…Farewell to shadowlands : believing, doubting, and knowing -- The Tao in Narnia : ethics -- Further up and further in : metaphysics -- The deepest magic : religion and the transcendent.…”
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Truth and the past by Dummett, Michael, 1925-2011

Table of Contents: “…The concept of truth -- The indispensability of the concept of truth -- Statements about the past -- The semantics of the past tense -- The metaphysics of time -- Truth, deniers and defenders.…”
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Neoplatonism by Remes, Pauliina

Table of Contents: “…The first principles and the metaphysical hierarchy -- Nature and the sensible universe -- Human being and the self -- Epistemology and philosophical psychology -- Ethics and politics -- The neoplatonic legacy.…”
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Neoplatonism by Remes, Pauliina

Table of Contents: “…The first principles and the metaphysical hierarchy -- Nature and the sensible universe -- Human being and the self -- Epistemology and philosophical psychology -- Ethics and politics -- The neoplatonic legacy.…”
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Early twentieth-century Continental philosophy by Lawlor, Leonard, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: structure and genesis of early twentieth-century Continental philosophy -- Thinking beyond Platonism: Bergson's "Introduction to metaphysics" (1903) -- Schizophrenic thought: Freud's "The unconscious" (1915) -- Consciousness as distance: Husserl's "Phenomenology" (the 1929 Encyclopedia Britannica entry) -- The thought of the nothing: Heidegger's "What is metaphysics?" …”
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The philosophical approach to God a neo-Thomist perspective / by Clarke, W. Norris (William Norris), 1915-

Table of Contents: “…The turn to the inner way in contemporary neo-thomism -- The transcendental Thomist movement -- The ascent through the dynamism of the intellect -- The ascent through the dynamism of the will -- The metaphysical ascent to God through participation and the analogical structure of our language about God -- Why the inner path is insufficient -- Ascent to God through participation metaphysics -- The analogical structure of language about God -- Christian theism and Whiteheadian process philosophy : are they compatible? …”
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Early twentieth-century Continental philosophy by Lawlor, Leonard, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: structure and genesis of early twentieth-century Continental philosophy -- Thinking beyond Platonism: Bergson's "Introduction to metaphysics" (1903) -- Schizophrenic thought: Freud's "The unconscious" (1915) -- Consciousness as distance: Husserl's "Phenomenology" (the 1929 Encyclopedia Britannica entry) -- The thought of the nothing: Heidegger's "What is metaphysics?" …”
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The philosophical approach to God a neo-Thomist perspective / by Clarke, W. Norris (William Norris), 1915-

Table of Contents: “…The turn to the inner way in contemporary neo-thomism -- The transcendental Thomist movement -- The ascent through the dynamism of the intellect -- The ascent through the dynamism of the will -- The metaphysical ascent to God through participation and the analogical structure of our language about God -- Why the inner path is insufficient -- Ascent to God through participation metaphysics -- The analogical structure of language about God -- Christian theism and Whiteheadian process philosophy : are they compatible? …”
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Interpreting Aristotle's Posterior Analytics in late antiquity and beyond

Table of Contents: “…Concept formation in Posterior Analytic II 19 -- pt. 2. Metaphysics as a science -- pt. 3. Demostration, definition and causation.…”
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Interpreting Aristotle's Posterior Analytics in late antiquity and beyond

Table of Contents: “…Concept formation in Posterior Analytic II 19 -- pt. 2. Metaphysics as a science -- pt. 3. Demostration, definition and causation.…”
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Mathematics and religion our languages of sign and symbol / by Leach, Javier, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Mathematics and natural science -- Metaphysical language -- Origins of mathematics -- Euclid and beyond -- Dawn of science -- Mathematics formalized -- Propositional logic -- Language and meaning -- Science, language, and religion.…”
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A companion to Locke /

Table of Contents: “…Life and background -- Part II. Metaphysics and epistemology -- Part III. Government, ethics, and society -- Part IV. …”
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Mathematics and religion our languages of sign and symbol / by Leach, Javier, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Mathematics and natural science -- Metaphysical language -- Origins of mathematics -- Euclid and beyond -- Dawn of science -- Mathematics formalized -- Propositional logic -- Language and meaning -- Science, language, and religion.…”
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A companion to Locke /

Table of Contents: “…Life and background -- Part II. Metaphysics and epistemology -- Part III. Government, ethics, and society -- Part IV. …”
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Necessity & possibility the logical strategy of Kant's critique of pure reason / by Mosser, Kurt

Table of Contents: “…Kant's critical model of the subject -- Kant's conception of general logic -- The historical background of Kant's general logic -- The metaphysical deduction -- Kant and contemporary philosophy -- The modesty of the critical philosophy.…”
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Necessity & possibility the logical strategy of Kant's critique of pure reason / by Mosser, Kurt

Table of Contents: “…Kant's critical model of the subject -- Kant's conception of general logic -- The historical background of Kant's general logic -- The metaphysical deduction -- Kant and contemporary philosophy -- The modesty of the critical philosophy.…”
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Nicolas Malebranche freedom in an occasionalist world / by Peppers-Bates, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Malebranche's metaphysics and the problem of human freedom -- God, order, and general volitions -- Arnauld and Malebranche on the power of the human intellect -- The cognitive faculties and the divine ideas -- Malebranche on free will and imminent causation.…”
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Nicolas Malebranche freedom in an occasionalist world / by Peppers-Bates, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Malebranche's metaphysics and the problem of human freedom -- God, order, and general volitions -- Arnauld and Malebranche on the power of the human intellect -- The cognitive faculties and the divine ideas -- Malebranche on free will and imminent causation.…”
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The philosophical vision of John Duns Scotus an introduction / by Ingham, Mary Beth, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…The historical moment -- Knowing reality -- Metaphysics and natural knowledge of God -- Modes of being : will and nature -- The foundations of a science of praxis -- The rational will and freedom -- Practical wisdom and moral goodness -- Scotus's legacy.…”
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