Metaphysics (Dimensions of Philosophy S.) - Softcover

Inwagen, Peter Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198751400 ISBN 13: 9780198751403

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that attempts to answer the deepest questions about how things really are. The author builds his textbook around these crucial questions: what are the most general features of the world; why does the world exist and what is the nature of rational beings and their place in the world. This text surveys the traditional answers to these questions and shows by example how to think about them more clearly and deeply on one's own. It introduces most of the perennial topics of metaphysics, including appearance and reality, identity and individuation, objectivity, necessary existence of mind and body, teleology and freedom of the will.

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Review

"An outstanding and outstandingly complete set of papers in metaphysics, selected by two of the foremost metaphysicians." Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame

From the Back Cover

This extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman s popular collection of classic and contemporary readings in metaphysics now features twenty–two additional selections, and new sections on existence and modality.

The volume poses questions that lead to the deepest issues in traditional metaphysics, including problems about the nature of space and time, the relationship between body and mind, and the freedom of the will. With updated commentary from the editors, this collection is essential reading for those seeking answers to some of the most puzzling questions about the world and our place in it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198751400
• ISBN 13: 9780198751403
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 235