Will and World: A Study in Metaphysics - Couverture rigide

Nathan, N. M. L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198239548 ISBN 13 : 9780198239543

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1992

Synopsis

Beneath metaphysical problems there often lies a conflict between what we want to be true and what we believe to be true. Dr Nathan shows how these conflicts can be systematically thought through, and proposes their resolution as a general philospohical objective. he then studies in detail a set of interrelated oppositions about the freedom and the reality of the will. He shows how difficult it is to find a freedom either of decision or of action which is both an object of reflective desire and an object of rational dis belief. He also examines conflicts about volition as such, contending that the veridicality of volitional experience is no less easy to doubt than the veridicality of our experience of colours. In this context, arguments emerge for a voluntarist theory of the self.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Nathan has written an intriguing, and very readable book. (Jennifer Hornsby, The Philosophical Review, Vol. 103, No.1 (Jan 1994).)

this ambitious and densely argued book. (Robert Kane, 1994.)

I think Nathan has given us an interesting and provocative view of the metaphysical enterprise that rings true in many ways and deserves to be widely discussed by philosophers. (Robert Kane, 1994.)

this is a book well-worth reading, especially for its account of metaphysical enquiry in terms of want-belief conflicts and self-critical world views, which is I think, an original and significant contribution to current debates about metaphysics, and about the nature of philosophy generally. (Robert Kane, 1994.)

Nathan's bold and imaginative book is full of interesting philosophy rigorously worked out. Those concerned about the freedom and reality of the will or about philosophical methodology can surely profit from studying it. (Raymond Martin, Mind, Vol. 102, 407. July 1993)

On the question of free will, what's most novel and also most valuable in Nathan's account is not his final conculsions, which tend to be unsurprising, but the details along the way, particuarly his many refind distinctions and the relatively comprehensive explanations he provides of how these bear on central issues in the literature. (Raymond Martin, Mind, Vol. 102, 407. July 1993)

`This meticulous, erudite ... examination of metaphysics and free will from an interesting direction makes an impressive book.' Ethics, 4/93

`This is a suggestive work, well worth reading' Times Higher Education Supplement

`a book well-worth reading, especially for its account of metaphysical enquiry, which is an original and significant contribution to current debates about metaphysics, and about the nature of philosophy generally.' Philosophica

'Nathan's account is distinctive in that it is unusually clear ... Nathan's bold imaginative book is full of interesting philosophy rigorously worked out. Those concerned about the freedom and reality of the will or about philosophical methodology can surely profit from studying it.' Raymond Martin, Mind, Vol. 102, No. 408, Oct '93

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198239548
• ISBN 13: 9780198239543
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 182
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne