Books in the Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis series

Gustav Bergmann Phenomenological Realism and Dialectical Ontology

Fostering the Ontological Turn

Comprises papers, each of which pertains either to historical ontological arguments, or to some other, rather new, ontological arguments. This book includes papers which introduce ontological arguments for the existence of God, without referring to omniscience and omnipotence as the transparent attributes of God.

The Problem of Relativism in the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge

Reason and rationality represent crucial elements of the self-image of human beings and have unquestionably been among the most debated issues in Western philosophy, dating from ancient Greece, through the Middle Ages, and to the present day.

Brings together analytically inspired philosophers working on the continent with English-speaking philosophers to address specific issues regarding subjectivity and consciousness. This book adresses issues that range from acquaintance and immediacy in perception and apperception, to the role of agency in bodily 'mine-ness', to self-determination.

Offers a collection of essays in systematic ontology. This book discusses issues in ontology, namely, what categories of entities there are and in what ways they are relevant for our discourses.

Argues for an account of property possession as strict, numerical identity. The author also contends that it is impossible for one entity to possess a second entity as a property.

Brings together contributions by philosophers, logicians and linguists, offering a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to crucial problems in the contemporary philosophy of language and linguistics. This title includes individual chapters that concentrate on different aspects of the influence of Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein.