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title	:	New Essays in Metaphysics SUNY Series in Systematic Philosophy
author	:	Neville, Robert C.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin	:	088706471X
print isbn13	:	9780887064715
ebook isbn13	:	9780585067865
language	:	English
subject	Metaphysics.
publication date	:	1987
lcc	:	BD111.N48 1987eb
ddc	:	110
subject	:	Metaphysics.

Page i New Essays in Metaphysics

Page ii SUNY Series in Systematic Philosophy Robert C. Neville, Editor Whether systematic philosophies are intended as true pictures of the world, as hypotheses, as the dialectic of history, or as heuristic devices for relating rationally to a multitude of things, they each constitute articulated ways by which experience can be ordered, and as such they are contributions to culture. One does not have to choose between Plato and Aristotle to appreciate that Western civilization is enriched by the Platonic as well as Aristotelian ways of seeing things. The term "systematic philosophy" can be applied to any philosophical enterprise that functions with a perspective from which an attempt to spell out the basic features of things in a system. Other times it means the examination of a limited subject from the many angles of a context formed by a systematic perspective. In either case systematic philosophy takes explicit or implicit responsibility for the assessment of its unifying perspective and for what is seen from it. The styles of philosophy according to which systematic philosophy can be practiced are as diverse as the achievements of the great philsophers in history, and doubtless new styles are needed for our time. Yet systematic philosophy has not been a popular approach during this century of philosophical professionalism. It is the purpose of this series to stimulate and publish new systematic works employing the techniques and advances in philosophical reflection made during this century. The series is committed to no philosophical school or doctrine, nor to any limited style of systematic thinking. Whether the systematic achievements of previous centuries can be equalled in the 20th depends on the emergence of forms of systematic philsophy appropriate to our times. The current resurgence of interest in the project deserves the cultivation it may receive from the SUNY Series in Systematic Philosophy.

Page iii New Essays in Metaphysics Edited by Robert C. Neville STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS

Page iv Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1987 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data New essays in metaphysics. (SUNY series in systematic philosophy) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Metaphysics. I. Neville, Robert C. II. Series. BD111.N48 1987 110 86-30011 ISBN 0-88706-357-8 ISBN 0-88706-358-6 (pbk.) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

Page v Contents Editor's Introduction vii Logos, Mythos, Chaos: Metaphysics as the Quest for Diversity David L. Hall 1 The Primacy of the Mesocosm George Allan 25 Copernican Metaphysics Nicholas Capaldi 45 Perceived Worlds Are Interpreted Worlds Patrick A. Heelan 61 Toward Experiential Metaphysics: Radical Temporalism Charles M. Sherover 77 Possibilities and Constraints Jay Schulkin 101 Moral Order and the Constraints of Agency: Toward a New Metaphysics of Morals George R. Lucas 117 The Civilizing of Enterprise William M. Sullivan 141 The First Metaphysics: Revisioning Plato Antonio T. de Nicols 157 Creativity in a Future Key Lewis S. Ford 179 God the Savior Elizabeth M. Kraus 199 Metaphor, Analogy, and the Nature of Truth Carl G. Vaught 217 Relations, Indeterminacy, and Intelligibility Brian John Martine 237 Sketch of a System Robert C. Neville 253 The Spiral of Reflection David Weissman 275

Page vii Editor's Introduction The first third of the twentieth century saw a great flowering of philosophy in the grand tradition. In America, Europe, and Japan, philosophers understood themselves to be carrying on or providing alternatives to the master works of Plato, Aristotle, Thomas, Scotus, the great modern rationalists and empiricists, and Kant and Hegel. One thinks of Alexander, Bergson, Bosanquet, Bradley, Croce, Dewey, Heidegger, Husserl, James, Marcel, Nishida, Peirce, Royce, Russell, Santayana, Whitehead, and Wittgenstein, to recite the more influential figures. These writers took up various stances toward the traditiondefending, rejecting, or reforming it. But most were historically learned and developed systematic stances toward philosophy in the grand tradition, embodying it in one way or another as they created contemporary philosophic positions.

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