Being and Motion

<p>More than at any other time in human history we live in an age defined by movement and mobility; and yet we lack a unifying theory which takes this seriously as a starting point for philosophy. The history of philosophy has systematically explained movement as derived from something else that does not move: space eternity force and time. Why when movement has always been central to human societies did a philosophy based on movement never take hold? This book finally overturns this long-standing metaphysical tradition by placing movement at the heart of philosophy.</p><p>In doing so <em>Being and Motion</em> provides a completely new understanding of the most fundamental categories of ontology from a movement-oriented perspective: quality quantity relation modality and others. It also provides the first history of the philosophy of motion from early prehistoric mythologies up to contemporary ontologies. Through its systematic ontology of movement <em>Being and Motion</em> provides a path-breaking historical ontology of our present.</p>