Michael J. Loux

Metaphysics

A Contemporary Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction is for students who have already completed an introductory philosophy course and need a fresh look at the central topics in the core subject of metaphysics

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 4. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 692g
• ISBN-13: 9781138639331
• ISBN-10: 1138639338
• Artikelnr.: 47544043

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Loux, Thomas M. Crisp

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to Third Edition
Preface to Fourth Edition
Introduction
1 The Problem of Universals I: Metaphysical Realism
2 The Problem of Universals II: Nominalism
3 Concrete Particulars I: Substrata
Bundles
and Substances
4 Propositions and Their Neighbors
5 The Necessary and the Possible
6 Causation
7 The Nature of Time
8 Concrete Particulars II: Persistence through Time
9 Concrete Particulars III: Parts and Wholes
10 Metaphysical Indeterminacy
11 The Challenge of Anti-Realism
Bibliography
Index

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Preface to First Edition, Preface to Second Edition, Preface to Third Edition, Preface to Fourth Edition, Introduction, 1 The Problem of Universals I: Metaphysical Realism, 2 The Problem of Universals II: Nominalism, 3 Concrete Particulars I: Substrata, Bundles, and Substances, 4 Propositions and Their Neighbors, 5 The Necessary and the Possible, 6 Causation, 7 The Nature of Time, 8 Concrete Particulars II: Persistence through Time, 9 Concrete Particulars III: Parts and Wholes, 10 Metaphysical Indeterminacy, 11 The Challenge of Anti-Realism, Bibliography, Index

Rezensionen

"Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction more than merits its fourth edition. It is a valuable text for graduate students and advanced undergraduates . . . . After reading Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, I felt wistful for grand designs, for the majesty of an Aristotle or Spinoza. But I also felt excited by the modern effort to clear the conceptual debris that system builders leave behind. When a book of philosophy elicits such complex feelings, it is a testament to its value."

--Dana Delibovi in Teaching Philosophy

"Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction more than merits its fourth edition. It is a valuable text for graduate students and advanced undergraduates . . . . After reading Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, I felt wistful for grand designs, for the majesty of an Aristotle or Spinoza. But I also felt excited by the modern effort to clear the conceptual debris that system builders leave behind. When a book of philosophy elicits such complex feelings, it is a testament to its value."

--Dana Delibovi in Teaching Philosophy