Material Beings - Hardcover

Van Inwagen, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801419697 ISBN 13: 9780801419690

Verlag: Cornell University Press, 1995

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"There is much to bee learned from this book.... Material Beings is a refreshing example of straight-on, full-speed metaphysics. Van Inwagen goes where his arguments lead him—and they lead him to some remarkable places indeed."
—Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

According to Peter van Inwagen, visible inanimate objects do not, strictly speaking, exist. In defending this controversial thesis, he offers fresh insights on such topics as personal identity, commonsense belief, existence over time, the phenomenon of vagueness, and the relation between metaphysics and ordinary language.

According to Peter van Inwagen, visible inanimate objects do not, strictly speaking, exist. In defending this controversial thesis, he offers fresh insights on such topics as personal identity, commonsense belief, existence over time, the phenomenon of vagueness, and the relation between metaphysics and ordinary language.

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Peter van Inwagen is John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books, including The Problem of Evil and Ontology, Identity, and Modality.

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In this bold and original book, the author develops a provocative theory about the metaphysics of material objects. According to this view, visible inanimate objects such as ships or mountains or stars do not, strictly speaking, exist.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0801419697
• ISBN 13: 9780801419690
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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