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Metaphysics

Known as: Metaphysic 
The branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, including ontology (the nature of existence or being) and cosmology (the origin and… 
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2012
2012
Objects of Intention: A Hylomorphic Critique of the New Natural Law Theory
Objects of Intention: A Hylomorphic Critique of the New Natural Law Theory Matthew B. O’Brien Robert C. Koons Abstract. The “New… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Spinoza'sEthics: An Introduction
Preface 1. Spinoza's life and works 2. The geometric method 3. On God: substance 4. On God: necessity and determinism 5. The… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Is a consensus possible on stem cell research? Moral and political obstacles
Neither of the two central moral and political obstacles to human embryonic stem cell research survives critical scrutiny 
2005
2005
Descartes and the metaphysics of human nature
Introduction Chapter 1: Descartes's Substance-Mode Ontology Chapter 2: Cartesian Attributes and the Conceptual Distinction… 
2004
2004
Uncertainty in econometrics: evaluating policy counterfactuals
What is consensus in economic policy advice? If most or even all economists agree on some economic claim, that does not make the… 
2003
2003
A Proper Metaphysics for Cognitive Performance
The general failure to individuate component causes in cognitive performance suggests the need for an alternative metaphysics… 
2002
2002
Words and Objects
When we set ourselves to draw up an inventory of the world — a catalogue of all there is, was, and will or could be — we have to… 
1996
1996
John Duns Scotus: Metaphysics and Ethics
Vorwort Ludger Honnefelder Historical Context Reflections about Scotus's Early Works Stephen D. Dumont William of Ware, Richard… 
1981
1981
Structure and Gestalt: Philosophy and Literature in Austria-Hungary and Her Successor States
1. Preface 2. On the Poetry and the Plurifunctionality of Language (by Holenstein, Elmar) 3. Alois Riegl: The Synchronic Analysis… 
1977
1977
The Historiography of Scientific Medicine: An Invitation to the Human Sciences
It is clear from the title that this paper has an historiographical emphasis, one which might seem naive to the professional… 
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