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The journal
Metaphysica
is published
semi-annually. The editors aim to create an international
forum of ontology and metaphysics for readers all over the
world. In the Anglo-Saxon countries (in particular the USA
and Australia) the volume of research publications in
ontology and metaphysics significantly increased during the
last two decades. European philosophers, on the other hand,
initially seemed reticent to address ontological and
metaphysical topics, undoubtedly due to deeply rooted
Kantian ideas about the "end of metaphysics." Since the
nineties, however, sentiments have changed in favour of a
new 'ontological turn' within Central European philosophy.
In Austria, Switzerland, and Germany an increasing number of
philosophical publications present systematic treatments of
ontological and metaphysical issues. At the same time there
is a new strong interest in reviewing historical
contributions to ontology and metaphysics, from Parmenides
to Plato, Aristotle, Occam, Leibniz and further to Brentano,
Husserl, and Nicolai Hartmann. Since there is no other
European journal devoted to the discussion of ontological
and metaphysical issues in particular, the editors found it
necessary to fill this gap by founding the journal
Metaphysica.
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