Metaphysics

by Van Inwagen, Peter

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Title Statements

Full title :Metaphysics / Peter van Inwagen ; Miguel Santana and Wendy Halitzer, cover design.

Summary

With thoughtful and engaging prose, noted scholar Peter van Inwagen provides a comprehensive introduction to metaphysics in this essential text. Metaphysics covers the gamut of historical and contemporary arguments of metaphysics, engaging readers through three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world' Why is there a world' And, what is the place of human beings in the world' The thoroughly revised fourth edition includes an updated and rewritten chapter on temporality and significant improvements to the clarity and accessibility of the language, making it an even more valuable text for undergraduate students. Metaphysics remains the quintessential book in this field of study, and a fascinating book for a wide range of readers, from those new to the subject to the most sophisticated philosophers.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015
Edition:Fourth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Westview Press
Place of Publication:Boulder, Colorado
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (353 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780813349350, 0813349354, 9780429963575, 0429963572
DOI:10.4324/9780429495021
oclc:ocn889240825
LC Classification:BD111
Dewey Decimal:110

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.