Peter van Inwagen

Metaphysics, 4th Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible introduction to metaphysics for readers with little or no background in philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780813349343
• ISBN-10: 0813349346
• Artikelnr.: 38078534

Autorenporträt

van Inwagen, Peter

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Fourth Edition
Introduction
The Way the World is
Individuality
Externality
Temporality
Objectivity
Why the World is
Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument
Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument
The Inhabitants of the World
What Rational Beings are there?
The Place of Rational Beings in the World
The Nature of Rational Beings
The Nature Of Rational Beings: Dualism and Personal Identity
The Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will
Concluding Meditation
Coda: Being