Elements of Metaphysics

About this eBook

Author

Taylor, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1869-1945

Title

Elements of metaphysics

Original Publication

London: Methuen, 1903.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BD: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Speculative Philosophy, General Philosophical works

Subject

Metaphysics

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71885

Release Date

October 15, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ELEMENTS OF METAPHYSICS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.BOOK I GENERAL NOTIONS — CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM OF THE METAPHYSICIAN — CHAPTER II THE METAPHYSICAL CRITERION AND THE METAPHYSICAL METHOD — CHAPTER III THE SUB-DIVISIONS OF METAPHYSICS
5. 5.BOOK II ONTOLOGY—THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF REALITY — CHAPTER I REALITY AND EXPERIENCE — CHAPTER II THE SYSTEMATIC UNITY OF REALITY — CHAPTER III REALITY AND ITS APPEARANCES—THE DEGREES OF REALITY — CHAPTER IV THE WORLD OF THINGS—(1) SUBSTANCE, QUALITY, AND RELATION — SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE TO CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V THE WORLD OF THINGS—(2) CHANGE AND CAUSALITY
6. 6.BOOK III COSMOLOGY—THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY — CHAPTER II THE PROBLEM OF MATTER — CHAPTER III THE MEANING OF LAW — CHAPTER IV SPACE AND TIME — CHAPTER V SOME CONDITIONS OF EVOLUTION — CHAPTER VI THE LOGICAL CHARACTER OF DESCRIPTIVE SCIENCE
7. 7.BOOK IV RATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE INTERPRETATION OF LIFE — CHAPTER I THE LOGICAL CHARACTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE — SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE TO CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II THE PROBLEM OF SOUL AND BODY — CHAPTER III THE PLACE OF THE “SELF” IN REALITY — CHAPTER IV THE PROBLEM OF MORAL FREEDOM — CHAPTER V SOME METAPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ETHICS AND RELIGION — CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION
8. 8.INDEX

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