Approaches to Metaphysics

List of Contributors. Introduction: Taking Metaphysics Seriously; W. Sweet. Part One: Issues in Classical Metaphysics. 1. Does Being Have a Nature? (Or: Metaphysics as a Science of the Real); L. Dewan, O.P. 2. Logic and Metaphysics in German Philosophy from Melanchthon to Hegel; R. Pozzo. 3. Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Pre-Established Harmony; R. Feist. Part Two: Modern Challenges to the Scope of Metaphysics. 4. The Integration of History and Metaphysics; K. Schmitz. 5. Suffering, Metaphysics, and Nietzsche's Path to the Holy; D. Ahern. 6. Can Creation' be a Metaphysical Concept? P. Harris. 7. Metaphysics West and East: Bosanquet and Sankara; G. Satapathy. Part Three: On the Road to Metaphysics - Freedom, Agency, And Existence. 8. Metaphysics and the Origins of Arendt's Account of Evil and Human Freedom; C. LePage. 9. Agents, Causes, and Explanations: The Idea of a Metaphysical System; L. Armour. 10. Speculative and Analytical Philosophy, Theories of Existence, and the Generalization of the Mathematical Function; J. Bradley. Part Four: Metaphysical Theories In A Contemporary Context. 11. Jacques Maritain and the Metaphysics of Plato; F. O'Rourke. 12. Metaphysics and Idealism; W.J. Mander. 13. Empiricism: Principles and Problems; F. Wilson. Part Five: The Possibility of Metaphysics. 14. Metaphysics as 'de Insolubilibus'; M.M. Tweedale. 15. Designing Metaphysics; E. Trott. Index.