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Author / Creator:	Jaroszyński, Piotr, author.
Uniform title:	Metafizyka czy ontologia? English
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; VOLUME 311. Gilson studies
Subject:	Metaphysics. Ontology. Metaphysics. Ontology. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12282670

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ISBN:	9789004359871 9004359877 9789004358256 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	Metaphysics or Ontology? treats the evolution of the object of metaphysics from being, to the concept of being, to, finally, the object (thought). Possible being must be non-contradictory, but an object of thought includes anything a human being can think, including contradictions and nothingness. When the concept of being, or object of thought, replaces existence as the object of metaphysics, it becomes something other than metaphysics--ontology, or something beyond ontology. However, ontology cannot examine existence because it only investigates concepts and possibility. Only classical metaphysics investigates reality qua reality. This book masterfully treats the history of this controversy and many other important metaphysical questions raised over the centuries.
Other form:	Print version: Jaroszyński, Piotr, author. Metaphysics or ontology? Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, 2018 9789004358256

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