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Author Zubiri, Xavier

Title Fundamental problems of western metaphysics / Xavier Zubiri ; translated by Joaquín Redondo ; translation critically revised by Thomas Fowler
Published Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 238 pages)
Contents 1. Aristotle's First Philosophy -- 2. Western Philosophy (1) St. Thomas -- 3. Western Philosophy (2) : Descartes -- 4. Western Philosophy (3) : Leibniz -- 5. Western Philosophy (4) : Kant -- 6. Western Philosophy (5) : Hegel -- Conclusion -- Index
Summary This book introduces the profound reflections of Xavier Zubiri (1898-1983) on the history of philosophy to English-speaking audiences. As a philosopher who rethought much of philosophy and theology, Zubiri felt it necessary to be in continuous dialogue with earlier thinkers both to avoid past mistakes and to extract all that is valuable from them. The theme of the present book is the transcendental in Western philosophy and how a firm grasp of it reveals underlying unity in Western philosophy, but also fundamental problems that Zubiri believed require a complete rethinking of certain basic notions and theories. Zubiri develops this theme by analyzing the work of six major philosophers: Aristotle, St. Thomas, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, and Hegel. To conclude, he sketches his own resolution of the problems of Western philosophy, a subject addressed in greater depth in his major work, Sentient Intelligence. This translation was made possible by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Philosophy -- History.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Perception.
Intellect
Reality.
Perception
Intelligence
epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
PHILOSOPHY -- Reference.
Metafísica -- Historia
Intellect
Knowledge, Theory of
Perception
Philosophy
Reality
Philosophie.
Transzendenz.
Abendland.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Redondo, Joaquín
Fowler, Thomas B., 1947-
ISBN 9780761848790
0761848797
Other Titles Problemas fundamentales de la metafísica occidental. English