Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, Vol. 2 of 4 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Hamilton, William

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Explore the deep questions of mind and knowledge in Hamilton's Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, Volume II. This volume surveys how the mind works, how we classify mental powers, and how we think about abstract ideas. It offers a clear, accessible look at foundational debates in philosophy about how we know what we know.

Written for readers who want a practical path through complex ideas, the lectures examine what a mental power is, how faculties relate to thought, and why system-building in philosophy matters. The author argues for a careful use of terms like power, faculty, and capacity, and shows how different theories arise from how we observe and organize mental phenomena. Grounded in early modern and contemporary discussions, the text guides you through the debates on perception, abstraction, and the nature of general ideas.

Defines mental powers and faculties as general terms for how the mind produces or is affected by different kinds of mental events.

Traces the debate between Nominalism and Conceptualism, including critical discussions of Brown, Reid, and others.

Discusses abstraction, perception, and the limits of general ideas in plain, reasoned language.

Frames philosophy as the search for unity in the varied phenomena of consciousness and knowledge.

Ideal for students and readers seeking a rigorous yet approachable treatment of how we think, perceive, and categorize our experiences.

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Date d'�dition: 2018
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William Hamilton

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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book by Sir William Hamilton offers an exploration of the distribution of the special cognitive faculties�"a distribution different from any other with which he is acquainted. The author begins by outlining the three great classes of mental phenomena: the phenomena of knowledge, the phenomena of feeling, and the phenomena of conation. He then provides a detailed account of the cognitive faculties and capacities, starting with the presentative faculty, which is subdivided into perception and self-consciousness. The conservative faculty, or memory proper, is examined, as is the reproductive faculty, subdivided into suggestion and reminiscence. The representative faculty, or imagination, and the elaborative faculty, which includes comparison, judgment, and reasoning, are also discussed. Finally, the author explores the regulative faculty, which corresponds to what, in the Aristotelic philosophy, was called 'Nous,' and to the Vernunft (reason) in the philosophy of Kant, Jacobi, and others. The author examines the historical views of the theories of perception, particularly considering the views proposed by Reid, and highlights both Reid's misrepresentations of others and the ways in which Reid himself has been misrepresented. The author concludes by observing that, in considering the distribution of the special cognitive faculties, no other opinion has been generally held by philosophers than that the faculties are more than mere possible modes in which the simple, indivisible principle of thought may act and exist. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy and the history of philosophy and offers valuable insights into the nature of human knowledge and consciousness. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N� de r�f. du vendeur 9781332813940_0

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