ABSTRACT

First published in 1903, Taylor endeavours to provide a detailed study of metaphysic as a discipline. Opening with a brief history of metaphysics, the book explores topics including the problem of the metaphysician, the metaphysical method, subdivisions of metaphysics, ontology, reality, cosmology, rational psychology, morality, ethics and religion.

part Book I|1 pages

General Notions

chapter Chapter I|17 pages

The Problem Of The Metaphysician

chapter Chapter II|24 pages

The Metaphysical Criterion And The Metaphysical Method

chapter Chapter III|8 pages

The Sub-Divisions Of Metaphysics

part Book II|1 pages

Ontology ‒ The General Structure Of Reality

chapter Chapter I|34 pages

Reality And Experience

chapter Chapter II|20 pages

The Systematic Unity Of Reality

chapter Chapter III|16 pages

Reality And Its Appearances—The Degrees Of Reality

part Book III|1 pages

Cosmology—The Interpretation Of Nature

chapter Chapter I|7 pages

Introductory

chapter Chapter II|18 pages

The Problem Of Matter

chapter Chapter III|25 pages

The Meaning Of Law

chapter Chapter IV|24 pages

Space And Time

chapter Chapter V|14 pages

Some Conditions Of Evolution

chapter Chapter VI|15 pages

The Logical Character Of Descriptive Science

part Book IV|1 pages

Rational Psychology: The Interpretation Of Life

chapter Chapter I|19 pages

The Logical Character Of Psychological Science

chapter Chapter II|21 pages

The Problem Of Soul And Body

chapter Chapter III|25 pages

The Place Of The “Self” In Reality

chapter Chapter IV|22 pages

The Problem Of Moral Freedom

chapter Chapter V|27 pages

Some Metaphysical Implications of Ethics and Religion

chapter Chapter VI|9 pages

Conclusion