Ontology revisited : metaphysics in social and political philosophy /

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Author / Creator:Groff, Ruth, 1963-
Imprint:Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Description:xiii, 136 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Ontological explorations
Ontological explorations.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8914724
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ISBN:9780415574112 (alk. paper)
0415574110 (alk. paper)
9780203855157 (ebk. : alk. paper)
0203855159 (ebk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 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