Elements of Knowledge: Pragmatism, Logic, and Inquiry, Revised Edition (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
This is yet another exploration by Weiss (Being and Other Realities) of the metaphysics of being. His concern this time is "emphatics"--his coinage, defined as an interposition or a thrusting on being, such that it alters the import of, and makes a difference to, that which is intruded on. He starts by examining some of the more familiar, commonly used emphatics, such as "praise," "applause," "grammar," "etiquette," "status," and natural and religious emphatics. These are contrasted with those of his primary concern in this study, the "ontological" emphatics. Investigating these, Weiss writes, will make possible "a better understanding of what is real." Candidates under this rubric are "signs," "truth," "particulars," "time, space and causality," "art," "persons," and "evils and wrongs." This is metaphysics in the grand style, and interest in this work will depend very much on one's feeling about this orientation in philosophy. Recommended only for comprehensive academic collections in metaphysics and those collecting Weiss's works.-Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt. Lib., Washingon, DCCopyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an alternateHardcoveredition.