What Happens to Us When We Think

Transformation and Reality

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Explores the transformation humans undergo when they do metaphysics.Author Michael Gelven suggests that thinking metaphysically transforms us, and consequently the nature of metaphysics itself is transformational. Using concrete existential phenomena such as the learning process, how children mature into adults, and how fear can develop into courage, he establishes an understanding of metaphysical transformation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2003-07-17
Mått149 x 240 x 14 mm
Vikt318 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor157
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791457474

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"Gelven's book is an analysis of the very nature of philosophical thinking. Clearly inspired by certain canonical figures, such as Plato, Kant, and Heidegger, it is ultimately an original exploration of this theme. The author's originality and insightfulness is, perhaps, best illustrated in his analysis of the transition from childhood to adulthood—an issue that is rarely addressed by philosophers. By explicating the basic structure of this transition, Gelven shows that there is a genuinely metaphysical, rather than merely physical, psychological, or sociological aspect to the move from childhood to adulthood. Here Gelven breaks new ground." — Mark Basil Tanzer, author of Heidegger, Decisionism, and Quietism