An Introduction to Metaphysics

Jack S. Crumley II (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

426 Seiten

2022
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55481-375-9 (ISBN)

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Offers an engaging survey of central metaphysical topics, including truth, universals, the nature of mind, personal identity, free will, time, and the existence of God. The book is pitched at an intermediate undergraduate level and is suitable for students without background knowledge in these areas.

An Introduction to Metaphysics offers an engaging survey of central metaphysical topics, including truth, universals, the nature of mind, personal identity, free will, time, and the existence of God. The book is pitched at an intermediate undergraduate level and is suitable for students without background knowledge in these areas. Topically organized, it examines a variety of historical and contemporary positions relevant to each of the included themes. Memorable and amusing drawings by Gillian Wilson are interspersed throughout the text to illustrate concepts and examples.

Jack S. Crumley II is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego and author of An Introduction to Epistemology and Introducing Philosophy: Knowledge & Reality (Broadview), as well as A Brief Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind (Rowman & Littlefield).

Chapter 1: Truth I – Three Classic Views
Chapter 2: Truth II – The 20th Century, Necessity, and Possible Worlds
Chapter 3: Realism and Antirealism
Chapter 4: Universals
Chapter 5: Things
Chapter 6: The Nature of Mind
Chapter 7: Personal Identity
Chapter 8: Free Will
Chapter 9: Time
Chapter 10: God's Nature and Existence
Chapter 11: Why is there Something rather than Nothing?
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Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2022
Zusatzinfo	23 b&w illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 228 mm
Gewicht	536 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
ISBN-10	1-55481-375-1 / 1554813751
ISBN-13	978-1-55481-375-9 / 9781554813759
Zustand	Neuware