José Ortega y Gasset's Metaphysical Innovation

Antonio Rodríguez Huéscar was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Puerto Rico. Jorge García-Gómez is Professor of Philosophy at Long Island University. He has also edited and translated J. Ortega y Gasset's Psychological Investigations.

"This book presents the main argument that Ortega y Gasset brought forth in his attempted renovation of Western philosophy. The radicality of Ortega's treatment of the Idealism/Realism issue makes it important for philosophy per se. It is one of the best, clearest and most penetrating presentation of Ortega in the English language. The writing is remarkable, the translation excellent."— Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, The World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning"It is a serious work and a welcome contribution to the field of twentieth-century thought and Spanish philosophy marked by tight argumentation and justification of Ortega as a systematic thinker." — R. A. Herrera, Seton Hall University

• Translator's PrefacePrologue by Julian MariasIntroduction Part I. A Textual Exposition of Ortega's Critique of Idealism 1. A Conceptual Introduction to Oretega's Critique of Idealism 2. Ortega's Straightforward Critique of Idealism Properly So Called 3. Ortega's Critique of Phenomenological Philosophy as the Most Recent Historical Form of Idealism Part II. Ortega's Overcoming of Idealism, Toward the System of Life Categories 4. The Categories of Life 1. The "Absolute Event"2. Encounter3. Actuality4. Presence5. The Act of Becoming A. ComplexityB. Presence as Instancy 6. Possibility and Freedom7. The Circum-stance8. The Situation9. Vocation10. Project and Projectiveness A. Anticipating My ActionsB. The Valuing of a Project or of the Doings Pertinent TheretoC. Deciding About, or Choosing, a Particular Project as "My Own" Among Those That Are PossibleD. Inventing, "in Some Measure or Other," My Own ProjectE. My Having to Take into Account My Circum-stance and Vocation, or the Factors at Work in My Personal Destiny, for the Sake of Inventing My Project ConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex