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From the discussion of monism versus dualism in cognitive studies, to the discussion of rationalist metaphysics in its three classical versions, Descartes' Meditationes, Spinoza's Ethica, and Leibniz' Monodology, and their importance to modern philosophies of meaning.
The metaphysics of meaning parts I and II
The metaphysics of meaning parts I and IIOn Adam's Edenic task of taxonomy in relation to the modern disappearance of the author and the death of God. On language and meaning and metaphysics in a Postmodern world of "slippage" and epistemological agnosticism. On the fundamental key to all reality, the law of non-contradiction and unity and distinction in the Trinity and in creation.
The Incarnate Word
Brief Essay on the Nature and Method of Metaphysics2023 •
This paper is an attempt to clarify, from a Thomistic point of view, the nature and method of metaphysics. I argue that metaphysics' object is created being, not God, even if God enters metaphysics as efficient cause of metaphysic's object. Also, that metaphysics is a science, insofar as a particular kind of coherent reasoning process, going from the many to understand a certain oneness, and then from that oneness to reinterpret the many. Moreover, that, in this particular process of reasoning, doctrinal topics must follow a certain order. Thus, in particular, I argue that the distinction between essence and act of being in every creature cannot be argued before arguing the existence of God. I touch upon the notion of separation in metaphysics and I compare Aquinas' notion of resolution with Fabro's notion.
Leibniz's Key Philosophical Writings: A Guide
Discourse on Metaphysics2020 •
The “Discourse on Metaphysics” is widely considered to be Leibniz’s most important philosophical work from his so-called “middle period”. Written early in 1686, when Leibniz was 39 years old, it consolidates a number of philosophical ideas that he had developed and sketched out in the years beforehand in a host of short private essays, fragments, and letters. This essay guides the reader through the key themes of the “Discourse”, such as God’s choice of the best, the nature of substance, final causes, and the relationship between soul and body. The chapter concludes with a consideration of what prompted Leibniz to write the “Discourse”; I suggest that the “Discourse” is likely to have been conceived as an attempt to reach supporters of Descartes and Malebranche, not only to challenge key tenets of their respective philosophies but also to present a viable alternative.
2014 •
What is the desire for metaphysics? Is it like all desires, possessing the typical intentional structure of a subject directing at an object and thus exceeding his own boundaries? A positive answer to this question would lead to a tautology, since both the desire and the metaphysics denote the person’s going beyond himself. This collection is founded upon the argument that the desire for metaphysics is greater than any other human desire, due to the nature of metaphysics itself, thanks to which it cannot simply be considered as an object like all other objects. Metaphysics is not just a worldview regarding the things that exist in the world, human nature, the essence of human consciousness, and so on. The metaphysics to which human desire is directed denotes the evident and all-embracing consciousness regarding the existence of an abstract and profound level in the world of existing things that is simultaneously responsible for their formation and for the fact that they can never be exhausted by their manifestations. The described desire for metaphysics, as the ultimate impetus of philosophical engagement, is present in the depth of each of the articles in this collection. Yet the variance apparent in the articles of this collection reveals a fundamental point regarding metaphysics: due to its holistic nature, it can never be exhausted in particular contents, and is still always revealed in the commitment to the particular experience in which it appears.
Philosophia, Vol. 40 No. 1, pp. 13-26, doi 10.1007/s11406-011-9332-7.
Metaphilosophical Reflections on the Idea of Metaphysics2012 •
Chapter examines the nature of meaning and its ontogenesis by first exploring ontological and epistemological strategies that function as background to a broad understanding of the concept of meaning. In essence, the argument is that different ontological and epistemological strategies-here referred to as isolationist and systems strategies-for how to approach the "I mean"/"it means" matrix lead to different understandings of the fundamental nature of meaning. Further, it is argued that these strategies lead to alternative theories of mind; specifically the computational and the embodied mind.
Many critiques against metaphysics have much to do with its method or object. For example, Hume, Kant, and some members of the Vienna Circle all argue against metaphysics as a science from an anthropological or epistemological perspective. Their arguments are primarily against the possibility of metaphysics as a science, as a human endeavor. Is human reason capable of grasping and expressing metaphysical truths? Although it is well beyond the scope of this paper to provide a complete answer to any of these criticisms, I believe that an adequate understanding of the object and method of metaphysics are an important first step. In this paper I will argue that analogy is central to understanding metaphysics--both in providing a unity to its object as well as being integral to the method of metaphysical inquiry.
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Putting Metaphysics First: Essays on Metaphysics and Epistemology2011 •
Journal of Continental Philosophy
Time and Catastrophe: A Conversation with Jean-Pierre Dupuy2023 •
2012 •
infermieristica journal
Investigation of the prevalence of skin injuries in hospitalized newborns and main reports: an observational, cross-sectional, and monocentric pilot study2024 •
Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
Geleceğin İstihdam Gereksinimlerine Uyumlu Nitelikli İşgücü İhtiyacı ve Beceri Geliştirme Modelleri2024 •
2014 •
Editora Autografia: Coleção Conflitos, Direitos e Sociedade
Administração de Conflitos e Justiça: As pequenas causas em um juizado nos EUAColetânea: Revista de Filosofia e Teologia da Faculdade de São Bento do Rio de Janeiro
Imagem, Símbolo e Espírito - O emprego da estética na construção do éthos no Mediterrâneo Antigo (Image, Symbol and Spirit -- The use of aesthetics in construction of éthos in the Ancient Mediterranean)2022 •
European Heart Journal
P666Anti-platelet therapy in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: randomised controlled proof of concept trial (APPLE COPD-ICON 2)2019 •
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Response Letter to the Editor from Astrid Soghomonian: (Epicardial and pericardial adiposity without myocardial steatosis in Cushing’s syndrome)2021 •