constitute ultimate reality broad sense process metaphysics old western philosophy figures heraclitus plotinus duns scotus leibniz david hume georg wilhelm friedrich hegel friedrich wilhelm joseph von schelling gustav theodor fechner friedrich adolf trendelenburg charles renouvier karl marx ernst mach friedrich wilhelm nietzsche mile boutroux henri bergson samuel alexander nicolas berdyaev seemingly remains open question whether major continental figures late martin heidegger maurice merleau ponty gilles deleuze michel foucault jacques derrida included strict sense process metaphysics may limited
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