The elements and patterns of being : essays in metaphysics

The elements and patterns of being : essays in metaphysics / Donald C. Williams ; edited by A.R.J. Fisher.

Donald C. Williams (1899-1983) was a key figure in the development of analytic philosophy. This book will be the definitive source for his highly original work, which did much to bring metaphysics back into fashion. It presents six classic papers and six previously unpublished, revealing his full ph...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Donald Cary, 1899-1983 (Author)
Other Authors: Fisher, A. R. J. (Anthony Robert James) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Metaphysics.
Ontology.
First philosophy.
metaphysics.
ontology (metaphysics)
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
First philosophy
Metaphysics
Ontology
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The Elements and Patterns of Being: Essays in Metaphysics; Copyrighth; Dedication; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1: The Duty of Philosophy (c.1965); 2: The Elements of Being (1953); 3: Universals and Existents (1960); 4: Universal Concepts and Particular Processes (1962); 5: How Reality is Reasonable (1974); 6: Necessary Facts (1963); The Physiology of Facts; Intrinsic and Extrinsic Relations; Necessity and Contingency; Abstracta and Universals; The Concrete and the General; Confessions and Anticipations; 7: Dispensing with Existence (1962)
  • 8: The Sea Fight Tomorrow (1951)9: The Myth of Passage (1951); 10: The Nature of Time (1966); Appendix on Time Travel; 11: The Shape of Time (1968); 12: The Bugbear of Fate (1974); References; Index

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