BRADLEY'S CONCEPT OF METAPHYSICS
Unlike Plato and Aristotle, Bradley is much closer to our time. Born in 1846 in England, Bradley is one of the most important philosophers in the 20th century.1 He contributed to virtually every area of the philosophical discipline. However, he is mostly known for his work in metaphysics which finds a systematic exposition in his magnum opus: Appearance and Reality: An Essay in Metaphysics (1893) His other important writings include Ethical Studies (1876), Principles of Logic (1883) and Essays in Truth and Reality (1914). Bradley's concept of metaphysics is implicit in all his writings, especially in his account of morality as self-realization in Ethical Studies and of course the theory of judgement and inference he develops in the Principles of Logic. Same is true in respect of his discussion of the problem of truth and allied matters in Essays on Truth and Reality. Nonetheless it is in Appearance and Reality that his concept of metaphysics, receives its explicit articulation.
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