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Metaphysics
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Inwagen, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Routledge, 2018.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An accessible introduction to metaphysics for readers with little or no background in philosophy.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface to the 4th Edition; 1: Introduction; PART 1: THE WAY THE WORLD IS; 2: Individuality; 3: Externality; 4: Temporality; 5: Objectivity; PART 2: WHY THE WORLD IS; 6: Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument; 7: Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument; PART 3: THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD; 8: What Rational Beings Are There?; 9: The Place of Rantional 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 MeditationCoda: Being; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-330) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-97465-5
- 0-429-96357-2
- 0-429-49502-1
- 0-8133-4935-4
- 9780429495021
- OCLC:
- 1041047060
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