Download or read book An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animate Nature written by Henry J. Koren and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to serve as an introduction to the metaphysical study of life in undergraduate colleges. It presupposes that the student has made a study of general metaphysics or at least has been given a good introduction to the general problems of philosophy. At the end of each chapter a summery has been added to make it easier for the student to obtain a comprehensive view of the matter.
Download or read book An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animate Nature written by J. C.S.Sp Koren and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animate Nature written by Henry J. Koren CSSp and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Insides and Outsides written by Maxine Sheets-Johnstone and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insides and Outsides brings together diverse aspects of animate nature, showing that scientific understandings of animate nature are -- or can be -- complementary to philosophical understandings.
Download or read book An Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature written by Henry J. Koren and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature the Soul and God 2nd Edition written by Jean W. Rioux and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The full title of Newton’s Principia is “The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.” Sadly, some contemporary philosophers might be hard-pressed to say just what natural philosophy is about—sadly, because it remains foundational to questions arising in other disciplines: metaphysics, ethics, philosophical psychology, and the philosophy of god, to name a few. In Nature, the Soul, and God, Jean Rioux has brought together primary readings in the philosophy of nature, presenting ways in which philosophers conceive of and account for the natural world in a pre-scientific reflection upon the way things are. Its three main sections comprise: a consideration of what the world would look like if natural philosophy were not possible, some representative natural philosophies (materialism, formalism, dualism, and hylomorphism), as well as an investigation into the implications these philosophies of nature have for other important questions, such as human freedom and the immortality of the human soul. Through the medium of philosophers both ancient and modern, Rioux makes the point that one’s philosophical account of the natural world will inevitably have an impact upon how one regards oneself, and even things divine. It all begins with nature.
Download or read book Man and his Nature written by James E. Royce and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-01-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to present the traditional Scholastic philosophy of man’s nature in a fresh light, from a point of view that may make is more acceptable to the modern scientific mind. This should please the philosopher looking for a new presentation, and the psychologist looking for philosophical orientation. The object is not to dispense with either psychology or philosophy: marriage is never the reduction of one to the other—vive la difference! That the two are compatible is the theme of this book. It is up to the reader to decide whether the result is a happy mating or a mismatch.
Download or read book The Philosophy of Nature written by Andrew G. Van Melsen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a fresh approach to the problem of the philosophy of nature. Written by a specialist whose competence is unquestionable, the book aims at simplicity without sacrificing profundity. The important problems raised by modern science with respect to the philosophy of nature are treated in such a way as to be understandable even to those whose knowledge of physical science is rather limited. Careful considerations is given to historical factors which have in the past so often led to confusion of philosophy and science and which even in the present time remain a source of conflict between scientist and philosophers.
Download or read book Nature the Soul and God written by Jean W. Rioux and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-04-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete title of one of the most famous works ever written, Isaac Newton's Principia, was actually Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy". Sadly, many contemporary philosophers would be hard-pressed to say just what natural philosophy (or philosophy of nature) is all about. Without question, the philosophy of nature has received relatively less attention than ethics and metaphysics for some time. In "Nature, the Soul, and God," Jean W. Rioux has brought together a number of important readings in natural philosophy, from the Pre-Socratic philosophers and Aristotle to the 19th-century entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre. Collectively, they present three ways in which one might conceive of the natural world in a pre-scientific reflection upon the way things are: either the classical materialism of Empedocles, Democritus, and Epicurus, the formalism of Plato, or the hylomorphic view espoused and defended by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. In the sections following the consideration of nature are selections from these representative views concerning the immortality of the soul and the existence of God. Through the medium of philosophers both ancient and modern, Rioux makes the point that one's philosophical account of the natural world will have an impact upon how one regards human nature, as well as divinity itself. It all begins with nature.
Download or read book The System of Animate Nature written by John Arthur Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Change Substance and Cause written by Rafael Hüntelmann and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting from our common experience of change, this book introduces the fundamental features of Aristotelian-Scholastic philosophy. After differentiating between the various types of change and motion, the author presents the concepts of act and potency, as well as form and matter. Further attention is given to the difference between substance and accident, and essence and existence. Finally, an overview of causality is given based on Aristotle’s doctrine of the four causes. This introductory course is aimed primarily at laypeople interested in philosophy and at high-school students beginning their studies of philosophy and the humanities. About the Author Rafael Hüntelmann, PhD is an author, publisher, and lecturer in philosophy. He is the co-editor of METAPHYSICA. International Journal for Ontology & Metaphysics. His most recent publications include Grundkurs Philosophie in six volumes, as well as the three-volume logic course Grundkurs klassische aristotelische Logik.
Download or read book An Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature written by Saint Thomas (Aquinas) and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Scholasticism Meets Analytic Philosophy written by Rafael Hüntelmann and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent decades have seen a revival of interest in Aristotelian and Scholastic thought, particularly among analytic philosophers. Neo-Aristotelians, Analytic Scholastics, and Analytical Thomists have made significant contributions to several fields within contemporary philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. This volume of new essays brings together some of the leading thinkers of this movement, to address such topics as materiality, causation, possibility, privation and dispositionality. The contributors are Rani Lill Anjum, Edward Feser, Uwe Meixner, Stephen Mumford, David Oderberg, Edmund Runggaldier and Erwin Tegtmeier.
Download or read book A Philosophy of the Human Being written by Julian A. Davies and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2009 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an accessible text that explores what it means to be human. It is designed for an introductory course in Philosophy of the Human Being and contains an abundance of current examples, with embedded quotations from philosophers and selections from contemporary writers following the chapters. The author provides an introduction to philosophy, then discusses the topics of human sociability, intelligence, freedom, duality, individuality, and immortality. He concludes by highlighting the contrast between realism and materialism. This systematic approach focuses on issues, with a minimum of metaphysical superstructure and jargon, and provides connections between the readings. Book jacket.
Download or read book The Philosophy of Animated Nature Or The Laws and Action of the Nervous System written by George Calvert Holland and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy Vol 4 written by John K. Ryan and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The character of this work is perhaps sufficently indicated by its title. However it must be noted that the term "philosophy" is not used so strictly as to exclude material from other disciplines connected with philosophy or helpful to it and to an unders
