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Ontology revisited : metaphysics in social and political philosophy / Ruth Groff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Groff, Ruth, 1963- author.
- Series:
- Ontological explorations.
- Ontological explorations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics.
- Ontology.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit. Social and political philosophy, she maintains, is not as metaphysically neutral as it may seem. Even the most deontological of theories connects up with an attendant set of philosophical commitments regarding what kinds of things exist, as a fundamental ontological matter, and what they are like. These are topics of interest not just to social and political philosophers, but to social scientists and to philosophers of social science as well. ""Ruth Groff has broken new ground in demonstrating the connection betwe
- Contents:
- Ontology RevisitedMetaphysics in Social and Political Philosophy; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 The Myth of Metaphysical Neutrality; 2 Hume: Custom as Metaphysical Necessity; 3 J. S. Mill: Humeanism and the Perfection of Distinctively Human Capacities; 4 Kant and the Frankfurt School: Freedom as Escape from the Transcendental Subject; 5 Agents, Powers and Events: Humeanism and the Free Will Debate; 6 Metaphysics and the Capabilities Approach: Martha Nussbaum, Political Liberalism and the Ideal of Metaphysical Neutrality; 7 Powers, Ontology and the Appeal to Spinoza; Notes
- BibliographyIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-99557-9
- 1-283-60793-X
- 9786613920386
- 1-136-99558-7
- 0-203-85515-9
- 9780203855157
- OCLC:
- 811506530
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