9780190908911-0190908912-Being and Motion

Being and Motion

ISBN-13: 9780190908911
ISBN-10: 0190908912
Author: Thomas Nail
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 544 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780190908911
ISBN-10: 0190908912
Author: Thomas Nail
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 544 pages

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Being and Motion (ISBN-13: 9780190908911 and ISBN-10: 0190908912), written by authors Thomas Nail, was published by Oxford University Press in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Epistemology (Philosophy) books. You can easily purchase or rent Being and Motion (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Epistemology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.69.

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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.

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