Metaphysics: An Introduction - Hardcover

Ney, Alyssa (University Of California - Davis, USA)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415640741 ISBN 13: 9780415640749

Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Metaphysics: An Introduction 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. Topics covered include:

• Basic logic for metaphysics
• An introduction to ontology
• Abstract objects
• Material objects
• Critiques of metaphysics
• Free will
• Time
• Modality
• Persistence
• Causation
• Social ontology: the metaphysics of race

This outstanding book not only equips the reader with a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of metaphysics but provides a valuable guide to contemporary metaphysics and metaphysicians.

Additional features such as exercises, annotated further reading, a glossary, and a companion website www.routledge.com/cw/ney will help students find their way around this subject and assist teachers in the classroom.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alyssa Ney is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California - Davis, USA. She is editor (with David Albert) of The Wave Function: Essays in the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics (2013).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415640741
• ISBN 13: 9780415640749
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Routledge; https://www.routledge-ny.com/; ; Stockst?dter Str. 20; Gro?ostheim; Bayern; Deutschland