ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1963. An outline of the metaphysical positions held by such major philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel, Kant, Hume, Moore, Bradley, Wittgenstein. The author maintains – controversially – that metaphysical arguments have a close bearing on religious and moral beliefs.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|14 pages

The Philosophy of Plato

chapter 3|14 pages

Metaphysics as News from Nowhere

chapter 4|15 pages

Materialism and Aristotelianism

chapter 5|21 pages

Metaphysics without Ontology

chapter 7|12 pages

The Limits of Reason: Hume and Causality

chapter 8|23 pages

Contemporary Anti-metaphysics

chapter 9|21 pages

The Origins of Hegelianism

chapter 11|18 pages

True and False in Metaphysics

chapter 12|10 pages

Metaphysics and Analysis