Metaphysics: Its Structure and Function.

KÖRNER, Stephan (1913-2000):

ISBN 10: 0521264960 / ISBN 13: 9780521264969

Published by Cambridge, etc.: University Press, 1984., 1984

About this Item

First Edition. xi, 238 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. 'Professor Stephan Korner, 86, and his wife, Edith, 79, were, tragically, found to be dead by the doctor on a routine visit to their Bristol home in recent weeks. Prof. Korner, professor of philosophy at Bristol University for 27 years from 1952 and his wife, appointed a CBE for her work for the NHS, were said by friends to have been happliy married for 56 years. They were Czechs who had fled from the Nazi regime in 1938. Sadly, Edith Korner had been suffering from a terminal cancer' (Philosophy Now Web site). For Körner, see Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 115: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows, I. Seller Inventory # 15316

Bibliographic Details

Title: Metaphysics: Its Structure and Function.

Publisher: Cambridge, etc.: University Press, 1984.

Publication Date: 1984

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

This is an ambitious and substantial study of metaphysics: its nature and inescapability. Professor Körner's method may be described as 'philosophical anthropology', and aims to arrive at a characterisation of the metaphysical beliefs with which we (have to) operate. Professor Körner begins by describing how the categorical framework of a person's metaphysical beliefs may be embedded in more ordinary beliefs and practical attitudes to the world. He illustrates the variety of such frameworks and describes their role, going on to explain how they may be modified by argument and reflection. This is an independent inquiry, but also the culmination of a series of Professor Körner's earlier works. The writing is extremely clear and the material sensitively controlled, revealing great learning and many suggestive insights and comparisons. It presents overall a comprehensive and carefully thought-out account of metaphysics.

Book Description:

This is an ambitious and substantial study of metaphysics: its nature and inescapability. Professor Körner's method may be described as 'philosophical anthropology', and aims to arrive at a characterisation of the metaphysical beliefs with which we (have to) operate.