Preface to the Fourth Edition
Introduction
The Way the World is
Individuality
Externality
Temporality
Objectivity
Why the World is
Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument
Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument
The Inhabitants of the World
What Rational Beings are there?
The Place of Rational Beings in the World
The Nature of Rational Beings
The Nature Of Rational Beings: Dualism and Personal Identity
The Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will
Concluding Meditation
Coda: Being
Preface to the Fifth Edition 1. Introduction Part I: The Way the World is 2. Individuality 3. Externality 4. Temporality 5. Objectivity Part II: Why the World is 6. Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument 7. Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument Part III: The Inhabitants of the World 8. What Rational Beings Are There? 9. The Place of Rational beings in the World: Design and Purpose 10. The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Physicalism 11. The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Personal Identity 12. The Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will 13. Concluding Meditation Coda: Being
