Phil 105 Philosophy of Being (4 Credits)

Lecturer: YIP Hing Wah

Description:

This course will study the nature of metaphysics through a reflection on the origin and major development of the question of being in Western philosophy. It will investigate the meaning of metaphysics by paying attention to its changing problematics and its relation to language, religion and science.

Reference Books:

1. CAPUTO J.D., Heidegger and Aquinas: An Essay on Overcoming Metaphysics (New York: Fordham University Press, 1982)

2. GILSON E., Being and Some Philosophers (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1952)

3. de RAEYMAKER L., The Philosophy of Being: a synthesis of metaphysics (London: Herder Book, 1966)

4. 沈清松，《物理之後：形上學的發展》。台北：牛頓出版社，1991。