Metaphysics: The Big QuestionsPeter Van Inwagen, Dean W. Zimmerman his extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman's popular collection of classic and contemporary readings in metaphysics now features twenty-two additional selections, and new sections on existence and modality.he volume poses questions that lead to the deepest issues in traditional metaphysics, including problems about the nature of space and time, the relationship between body and mind, and the freedom of the will. With updated commentary from the editors, this collection is essential reading for those seeking answers to some of the most puzzling questions about the world and our place in it. |
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List of Sources | 4 |
PARTI WHAT ARE THE MOST GENERAL FEATURES OF THE WORLD? | 15 |
B What is the Relationship between an Individual | 51 |
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A. N. Prior Achilles actual animal answer argued argument assert atoms believe body brain Bundle Theory C. D. Broad called causal cause characteristics claim conceived concept consider continuity contradiction Cosmological Argument counterpart counterpart theory defined desire determined dimension distinction effect entities example exist experience fact false finite future Gumquat happen hole human idea imagine infinite series instance Inwagen judgment kill Grandfather kind logical mathematical matter mean mental merely mereological constancy mereological essentialism Metaphysics mind modal nature notion objects occur ontological Oxford past perhaps personal identity Peter van Inwagen Philomath philosophers physical possible worlds present presentist principle problem properties proposition question reality reason relation resemblance seems sense sentence sequence simply someone sort space spatial spheres stages statement suppose talk temporal temporary intrinsics theory things tion tortoise true truth University Press word Zeno's Paradoxes