Peter Van Inwagen

Metaphysics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an introduction to metaphysics and it presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy. Updates include extensive rewriting of the chapter on time, enhanced clarity throughout the text, updated notes and suggested reading throughout.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000915273
• Artikelnr.: 69753086

Autorenporträt

Peter van Inwagen is the John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and research professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of An Essay on Free Will (1983), Material Beings (1990), Being: A Study in Ontology (2022), and seven other books. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Gifford Lecturer, and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews.

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