The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic

Abstract

Key to References Cited in the Text Introduction I. On the traditional conception of logic II. Introduction to the idea of philosophy III. The Definition of philosophy according to Aristotle IV. The Basic question of philosophy and the question of man V. Basic problems of a philosophical logic VI. The traditional classifications of logic and the task of returning to the foundations of this logic Preliminary Note Firt Major Part Dismantling LeibnizOs Doctrine of Judgement Down to Basic Metaphysical Problems 1. Characterization of the general structure of judgment 2. Judgement and the idea of truth. The basic forms of truth In memoriam Max Scheler 3. The idea of truth and the principles of knowledge Summary 4. The idea of knowledge as such 5. The essential determination of the being of genuine beings a) The monad as drive b) Intermediate reflections to find the guiding clue for the interpretation of being c) The structure 6. The basic notion of being as such (not carried out) 7. The theory of judgment and the notion of being. Logic and ontology Second Major Part The Metaphysics of the Principle of Reason as the Foundational Problem of Logic First Section: Exposition of teh Dimensions of the Problem 8. The principle of ground as a rule of thought 9. The essence of truth and its essential relation to OgroundO a) The essence of propositional truth b) Intentionality and transcendence 10. The problem of transcendence and the problem of Being and Time Appendix: Describing the Idea and Function of a Fundamental Ontology Second Section: The problem of Ground 11. The transcendence of Dasein a) On the concept of transcendence b) The phenomenon of world c) Freedom and world 12. Transcendence and temporality (nihil originarium) 13. Transcendence temporalizing itself in temporality and the essence of ground 14. The essence of ground and the idea of logic supplement: distance and nearness editorOs epilogue translatorOs afterword index