Metaphysics / Josiah Royce ; William Ernest Hocking, initial editor ; co-edited by Richard Hocking and Frank Oppenheim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916.

Contributor:

Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966.

Hocking, Richard, 1906-2001.

Oppenheim, Frank M., 1925-

Series:

SUNY series in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

xxi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1998]

Summary:

An edited transcript of the great Harvard philosopher Josiah Royce's last year-long course in metaphysics, given at Harvard in 1915-1916.

Contents:

Highpoints of Josiah Royce's Intellectual Development xv

Part I The "Social Approach" to Metaphysics

Chapter 1 Introduction: The "Social Approach" to Metaphysics 7

Chapter 2 The Social Nature of Knowledge: The Theory of Interpretation 33

Chapter 3 The Social Theory of Truth 59

Part II The "Logical Approach" to Metaphysics

Chapter 4 Santayana on "is": His Sharp Distinction between Essence and Existence 93

Chapter 5 The Relational Form of the Ontological Argument 115

Chapter 6 Identity and Identification 143

Chapter 7 Mysticism 173

Chapter 8 The Third Conception of Being 213

Chapter 9 The Fourth Conception of Being 251

Midyear and Final Examinations in Phil. 9, Metaphysics, 1915-1916 279

Provenance of the Phil. 9 Course and Present Text of Royce's Last Lectures on Metaphysics, 1915-1916

Frank Oppenheim 285

Excerpts from "The Ontological Argument in Royce and Others"

William Ernest Hocking 295.

Notes:

"His Philosophy 9 course of 1915-1916 as stenographically recorded by Ralph W. Brown and complemented by notes from Bryon F. Underwood."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-320) and indexes.

ISBN:

0791438651

079143866X

OCLC:

38125912