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Metaphysics:

The Big Questions
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Peter van Inwagen, Dean W. Zimmerman
3 Reviews
Wiley, Nov 17, 1998 - Philosophy - 498 pages
This volume provides a vital student resource: a collection of the essential classic and contemporary readings in metaphysics.

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User Review  - Matthew - Goodreads

Van Inwagen gives us a great introductory text to Metaphysics with this book. He treats both sides with respect, but doesn't try to bull shit anyone by not picking a side -- you know exactly where he ... Read full review

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User Review  - laura - Goodreads

what i'm actually giving four stars to is the course in metaphysics i just completed with jody azzouni. we read probably half of this anthology, we skipped around, and i didn't really read the ... Read full review

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About the author (1998)

Peter van Inwagen is John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of God, Knowledge, and Mystery: Essays in Philosophical Theology (1995), Metaphysics (1993), Material Beings (1990), and An Essay on Free Will (1983).

Dean Zimmerman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published articles on metaphysics in The American Philosophical Quarterly, Analysis, The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Mind, The Monist, Nous, The Philosophical Review, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and other journals and collections.

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