The Surd Of Metaphysics: An Inquiry Into The Question Are There Things-In-Themselves? (1903) - Softcover

Carus, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143729930X ISBN 13: 9781437299304

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008

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The Surd of Metaphysics is a philosophical treatise written by Paul Carus in 1903. The book addresses the fundamental question of whether there are ""things-in-themselves"" or if all that exists is what can be perceived by the senses. Carus delves into the history of metaphysics, exploring the ideas of philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and Arthur Schopenhauer, and provides his own insights on the topic. He argues that the concept of things-in-themselves is a ""surd"" or an unsolvable problem that cannot be fully understood by human beings. The book is a thought-provoking exploration of the limits of human knowledge and the nature of reality.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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The idea of things-in-themselves originates as a natural phase in the evolution of human thought, and its formulation is as necessary as it is for certain purposes beneficial. In denouncing the belief in things-in-themselves as a superstition, we must therefore warn the student not to overlook the truth that is contained in it. For though there are no things-in-themselves, there are things, and, though it is not less wrong to hypostasise our ideas than it is to personify them in mythological figures, we must not regard them as flatus vocis only, as empty words, or mere names. For after all, they denote features of actual life which are real. And the concept of things-in-themselves underlies many other problems, where it is frequently so disguised as to be quite unrecognisable. For this reason it is not wise to deal with the subject off-hand, but to treat it in its connection with kindred questions in the domains of epistemology and metaphysics so called. Nor is it sufficient to state the solution only ;it is also desirable to illustrate its importance by contrasting it with the views of philosophers that hold different opinions and still cling more or less to the antiquated belief in things-in-themselves.
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• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 143729930X
• ISBN 13: 9781437299304
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248
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