Metaphysics: The Big Questions, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405125861 ISBN 13: 9781405125864

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Synopsis

This extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman’s popular collection of readings in metaphysics now features twenty-two additional selections, new sections on existence and reality, and an updated editorial commentary.

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• Collects classic and contemporary readings in metaphysics
  
• Answers some of the most puzzling questions about our world and our place in it
  
• Covers an unparalleled range of topics
  
• Now includes a new section on existence and reality, expanded discussions on many classic issues, and an updated editorial commentary

About this title

About the Author

PETER VAN INWAGEN is John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of The Problem of Evil (2006), Ontology, Identity, and Modality (2001), God, Knowledge, and Mystery: Essays in Philosophical Theology (1995), Metaphysics (1993), Material Beings (1990), and An Essay on Free Will (1983).

DEAN W. ZIMMERMAN is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published articles on metaphysics in a number of journals and collections, including The American Philosophical Quarterly, Analysis, The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Mind, The Monist, Noûs, The Philosophical Review, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. He is also editor of the Oxford Studies in Metaphysics series.

From the Back Cover

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

This extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman's popular collection of classic and contemporary readings in metaphysics now features twenty-three 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.

From the Inside Flap

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

This extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman's popular collection of classic and contemporary readings in metaphysics now features twenty-three 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: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405125861
• ISBN 13: 9781405125864
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Van Inwagen Peter, Zimmerman Dean W.