Substance Ontology and the Crisis of Reason

Name: Substance Ontology and the Crisis of Reason
Brand: Springer Nature Switzerland
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By James Filler

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In this book, James Filler traces the history of Being, understood as substance, from Parmenides through the Scholastics and ending with Descartes, in whom this understanding reaches a crisis. He further shows how this understanding inherently leads to serious ontological problems which are unresolvable within a substance ontological approach. It is this substance understanding which has dominated, but this view--with its emphasis on distinctness, independence, and separateness--will create insurmountable problems which ultimately lead to a crisis of thought after Descartes. The book examines this substance understanding, how it has historically shaped the understanding of Being, and how this understanding ultimately becomes ontologically and epistemologically destructive.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 180
Release Date:: 2025-11-26
Publication Date:: 2025-11-26
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 303175414X
ISBN13:: 9783031754142
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 241 g
Height:: 148 cm
Width:: 210 cm
Thickness:: 11 cm

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