{"product_id":"aims-a-brief-metaphysics-for-today-9780268029012","title":"Aims: A Brief Metaphysics for Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James W. Felt\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAims: A Brief Metaphysics for Today\u003c\/i\u003e, James W. Felt turns his attention to combining elements of Thomas Aquinas's metaphysics, especially its deep ontology, with Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy to arrive at a new possibility for metaphysics. In his distinctive style, Felt concisely pulls together the strands of epistemology, ontology, and teleology, synthesizing these elements into his own \"process-enriched Thomism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAims does not simply discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each philosopher's position, but blends the two into a cohesive argument based on principles derived from immediate experience. Felt arrives at what he calls a \"Whiteheadian-type solution,\"appealing to his original concept of the \"essential aim\"as necessary for understanding our existence in a coherent yet unique world. This concise, finely crafted discussion provides a thoroughly teleological, value-centered approach to metaphysics. Aims, an experiment in constructive metaphysics, is a thorough and insightful project in modern philosophy. It will appeal to philosophers and students of philosophy interested in enriching their knowledge of contemporary conceptions of metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47585248018583,"sku":"9780268029012","price":2017.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780268029012.webp?v=1774959637","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/aims-a-brief-metaphysics-for-today-9780268029012","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}