Overview
- Contends that disputes in metaphysics are micro-political conflicts
- Suggests that they may be approached from right or left-wing perspectives
- Encompasses both continental and analytic philosophy
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Right-Wing Approach
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Front Matter
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The Left-Wing Approach
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Since immemorial times, persons have been engaged in disputes in metaphysics. This book reacts to this fact by supporting five theses. Thesis 1 is that disputes are micro-wars that have a significant social importance; they involve conflicting parties who may resort to some kind of violence and depend on normative factors. Thesis 2 is that disputes can be approached from right-wing or left-wing stances. Thesis 3 is that the grounds for endorsing an approach to a dispute are problematic starting points that may be rationally rejected. Thesis 4 is that disputes have an incommensurable greatness. Thesis 5 is that right-wing approaches to disputes may be less appealing than the left-wing one championed by the book for those who endorse that one is to avoid expressing “subtle” violence. This is the violence expressed by those who suggest that others who disagree with one’s criteria to deal with disputes fall short of logos or act as if such others did not exist.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of Metaphysics
Authors: Felipe G. A. Moreira
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12346-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12345-0Published: 14 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12348-1Published: 15 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12346-7Published: 13 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 257
Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy, general, Social Philosophy