Idealism : new essays in metaphysics / edited by Tyron Goldschmidt and Kenneth L. Pearce.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldschmidt, Tyron, 1982- editor.

Pearce, Kenneth L., editor.

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idealism.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, OX : Oxford University Press, 2017.

System Details:

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Summary:

Although idealism was once a dominant view in Western philosophy, it has suffered almost total neglect over the last several decades. This book rectifies this situation by bringing together seventeen essays from leading philosophers on the topic of metaphysical idealism. Idealism is a family of metaphysical views, each of which gives priority to the mental. The best-known forms of idealism in Western philosophy are Berkeleyan idealism, which gives ontological priority to the mental (minds and ideas) over the physical (bodies), and Kantian idealism, which gives a kind of explanatory priority to the mental (the structure of the understanding) over the physical (the structure of the empirical world). The various essays explain, attack, or defend a variety of idealistic theories, including not only Berkeleyan and Kantian idealisms but also those developed in traditions less familiar to analytic philosophers, including Buddhism and Hassidic Judaism. Although a number of the essays draw on historical sources, all will be of interest to philosophers working in contemporary metaphysics. This volume aims to spark a revival of serious philosophical interest in metaphysical idealism. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Parrying Parity: A Reply to a Reidian Critique of Idealism / Todd Buras Buras, Todd, Trent Dougherty Dougherty, Trent 1

2 A New Epistemic Argument for Idealism / Robert Smithson Smithson, Robert 17

3 The Necessity of Idealism / Aaron Segal Segal, Aaron, Tyron Goldschmidt Goldschmidt, Tyron 34

4 Against Idealism / Graham Oppy Oppy, Graham 50

5 Idealism Without God / Helen Yetter-Chappell Yetter-Chappell, Helen 66

6 Transcendental Idealism Without Tears / Nicholas F. Stang Stang, Nicholas F. 82

7 Signaling Systems and the Transcendental Deduction / Arif Ahmed Ahmed, Arif 104

8 Conceptual Idealism Without Ontological Idealism: Why Idealism Is True After All / Thomas Hofweber Hofweber, Thomas 124

9 The Idealism of Mary Whiton Calkins / Kris McDaniel McDaniel, Kris 142

10 Hassidic Idealism: Kurt Vonnegut and the Creator of the Universe / Samuel Lebens Lebens, Samuel 158

11 Buddhist Idealism / Bronwyn Finnigan Finnigan, Bronwyn 178

12 Mereological Idealism / Kenneth L. Pearce Pearce, Kenneth L. 200

13 Causal Idealism / Sara Bernstein Bernstein, Sara 217

14 Explanation, Idealism, and Design / Daniel Greco Greco, Daniel 231

15 Idealism and Fine-Tuning / Jacob Ross Ross, Jacob 246

16 Idealism and Incommensurability / Marc Lange Lange, Marc 259

17 Idealism, or Something Near Enough / Susan Schneider Schneider, Susan 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

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ISBN:

9780191063992

0191063991

Publisher Number:

40027856443

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