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Metaphysics : the elements / Bruce Aune.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aune, Bruce, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comprehensive introductory study of the key concepts and problems in traditional and contemporary metaphysics. Aune presents and defends a point of view that is naturalistic, nominalistic and pragmatic-an approach that has the overall advantage of providing a coherent, structured view of the topics he discusses.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1. What Is Metaphysics?; Chapter 2. Existence; Chapter 3. Universals and Particulars; Chapter 4. Linguistic Arguments for Abstracta; Chapter 5. Changing Things; Chapter 6. Worlds, Objects, and Structure; Chapter 7. Meaning, Truth, and Metaphysics; Chapter 8. Appearance and Reality; Chapter 9. Metaphysical Freedom; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8223-2
- OCLC:
- 171126480
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