Alyssa Ney

Metaphysics

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combines comprehensive coverage of the core elements of metaphysics with contemporary and lively debates within the subject. It provides a rigorous and yet accessible overview of a rich array of topics, connecting the abstract nature of metaphysics with the real world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 177mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 738g
• ISBN-13: 9780815350491
• ISBN-10: 081535049X
• Artikelnr.: 67264281

Autorenporträt

Alyssa Ney is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California - Davis, USA. She works primarily in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of physics. She is the author of The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics (2021), and co-editor with David Z Albert of The Wave Function: Essays on the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Notes on the Second Edition Preparatory Background: Logic for
Metaphysics 1. An Introduction to Ontology 2. Abstract Entities 3. Material
Objects 4. Critiques of Metaphysics 5. Natural and Social Kinds 6. The
Metaphysics of Race and Gender 7. Grounding and Fundamentality 8. Time 9.
Persistence 10. Modality 11. Causation 12. Free Will. Glossary of Terms
Works Cited Index