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Being and Motion / Thomas Nail

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: ;Zafaa Books & Distributors | :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035Publication details: New York, :Oxford University Press, ©2019Description: vii, 527 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780190908911
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.809 NAi
Contents:
Book I: The Ontology of Motion -- Part I: Ontology and History -- Part II: The Theory of Motion -- Book II: The Motion of Ontology -- Part I: Being and Space -- Part II: Being and Eternity -- Part III: Being and Force -- Part IV: Being and Time.
Summary: More than at any other time in human history, we live in an age defined by movement and mobility; and yet, we lack a unifying theory which takes this seriously as a starting point for philosophy. The history of philosophy has systematically explained movement as derived from something else that does not move: space, eternity, force, and time. Why, when movement has always been central to human societies, did a philosophy based on movement never take hold? This book finally overturns this long-standing metaphysical tradition by placing movement at the heart of philosophy. In doing so, Being and Motion provides a completely new understanding of the most fundamental categories of ontology from a movement-oriented perspective: quality, quantity, relation, modality, and others. It also provides the first history of the philosophy of motion, from early prehistoric mythologies up to contemporary ontologies. Through its systematic ontology of movement, Being and Motion provides a path-breaking historical ontology of our present.--Publisher website
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Book I: The Ontology of Motion --
Part I: Ontology and History --
Part II: The Theory of Motion --
Book II: The Motion of Ontology --
Part I: Being and Space --
Part II: Being and Eternity --
Part III: Being and Force --
Part IV: Being and Time.

More than at any other time in human history, we live in an age defined by movement and mobility; and yet, we lack a unifying theory which takes this seriously as a starting point for philosophy. The history of philosophy has systematically explained movement as derived from something else that does not move: space, eternity, force, and time. Why, when movement has always been central to human societies, did a philosophy based on movement never take hold? This book finally overturns this long-standing metaphysical tradition by placing movement at the heart of philosophy. In doing so, Being and Motion provides a completely new understanding of the most fundamental categories of ontology from a movement-oriented perspective: quality, quantity, relation, modality, and others. It also provides the first history of the philosophy of motion, from early prehistoric mythologies up to contemporary ontologies. Through its systematic ontology of movement, Being and Motion provides a path-breaking historical ontology of our present.--Publisher website

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