In defense of metaphysics
By: Yuval Steinitz ; translated by Noah J. Efron.
Series: American university studies.
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.; Ayer, A. J. 1910-; Poincaré, Henry, 1854-1912.; Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman); Metaphysics.; A priori.; Imaginary conversations.
Description: Swimming against the current tide of analytic philosophy and relativism, In Defense of Metaphysics aims to demonstrate the necessary existence of absolute philosophical truths. The author invites Kant, Ayer, Poincare, and Quine to participate in four dialogues, which present and attack those modern trends that reject metaphysics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-151) and index.