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Emerson's metaphysics : a song of laws and causes /

This book gives the first complete, fully historicized account of Emerson's metaphysics of cause and effect and its foundational position in his philosophy as a whole. Joseph Urbas proposes an intellectual biography of Emerson the metaphysician but also the life-story of a concept synonymous, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Urbas, Joseph, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2016.
Colección:American philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Historical Background of Emerson's Metaphysics; 2 The Making of a Metaphysician; 3 Fashions in Emerson's Intellectual Milieu; 4 Controversies within New England Christianity; 5 Emerson among the Causationists; 6 Causationism and Method in the Late Emerson; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.