Being and motion
by Nail, Thomas
More than at any other time in human history, we live in an age defined by movement and mobility; and yet, we lack a unifying theory which takes this seriously as a starting point for philosophy. The history of philosophy has systematically explained movement as derived from something else that does not move: space, eternity, force, and time. Why, when movement has always been central to human societies, did a philosophy based on movement never take hold? This book finally overturns this long-s…
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More than at any other time in human history, we live in an age defined by movement and mobility; and yet, we lack a unifying theory which takes this seriously as a starting point for philosophy. The history of philosophy has systematically explained movement as derived from something else that does not move: space, eternity, force, and time. Why, when movement has always been central to human societies, did a philosophy based on movement never take hold? This book finally overturns this long-standing metaphysical tradition by placing movement at the heart of philosophy. In doing so, Being and Motion provides a completely new understanding of the most fundamental categories of ontology from a movement-oriented perspective: quality, quantity, relation, modality, and others. It also provides the first history of the philosophy of motion, from early prehistoric mythologies up to contemporary ontologies. Through its systematic ontology of movement, Being and Motion provides a path-breaking historical ontology of our present.--Publisher website.
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- Publication Date:©2019
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2019
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- Description:vii, 527 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780190908904, 0190908904, 9780190908911, 0190908912
- oclc:on1040086073
- LC Classification:GN370
- Dewey Decimal:304.809
Table of Contents
Book I: The Ontology of Motion -- Part I: Ontology and History -- Part II: The Theory of Motion -- Book II: The Motion of Ontology -- Part I: Being and Space -- Part II: Being and Eternity -- Part III: Being and Force -- Part IV: Being and Time.
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