Metaphysics: The Classic Readings (Philosophy: The Classic Readings) - Softcover

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Cooper

 
9780631213253: Metaphysics: The Classic Readings (Philosophy: The Classic Readings)
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ISBN 10: 0631213252 ISBN 13: 9780631213253
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

Metaphysics: The Classic Readings is an essential collection of the most influential attempts to depict the fundamental nature of reality or being - from Spinoza's doctrine of a single, indivisible substance to Russell's 'logical atomism', and from the Buddha's account of a causally interrelated world to Leibniz's one of casually independent 'monads'.

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About the Author

David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham. He is the author of a number of books including Metaphor (1986), Existentialism (1990, second edition 1999) and World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction (1996). He is also editor of A Companion to Aesthetics (1992), and three previous volumes in the series Philosophy: The Classic Readings - Aesthetics (1997), Ethics (1997) and Epistemology (1999). All of the above are published by Blackwell.

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This volume is an essential collection of the most influential attempts to depict the fundamental nature of reality or being-from Spinoza’s doctrine of a single, indivisible substance to Russell’s “logical atomism” and from the Buddha’s account of a casual interrelated world to Leibniz’s one of causally independent “monads”. Among the metaphysical debates are those between monists and pluralist and materialist and idealist. The authors range in time from Lao Tzu and Plato to Heidegger and Whitehead. The selected texts include many classics from ‘the golden age’ of metaphysics in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. A comprehensive introduction by the editor, together with his preambles to each text, makes this an ideal volume for students on historically informed courses in metaphysics and the more speculative realms of philosophy.

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This volume is an essential collection of the most influential attempts to depict the fundamental nature of reality or being-from Spinoza’s doctrine of a single, indivisible substance to Russell’s “logical atomism” and from the Buddha’s account of a casual interrelated world to Leibniz’s one of causally independent “monads”. Among the metaphysical debates are those between monists and pluralist and materialist and idealist. The authors range in time from Lao Tzu and Plato to Heidegger and Whitehead. The selected texts include many classics from ‘the golden age’ of metaphysics in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. A comprehensive introduction by the editor, together with his preambles to each text, makes this an ideal volume for students on historically informed courses in metaphysics and the more speculative realms of philosophy.

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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631213252
ISBN 13 
9780631213253
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320

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