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Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction

✍ Scribed by Michael J. Loux

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Leaves
253
Series
Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
Edition
1
Category
Library
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Designed for students of philosophy who have already done an introductory course in the subject, this volume aims to introduce the main topics of metaphysics while avoiding jargon and technicalities. Topics include the problem of universals, the nature of abstract entries, the problem of individuation, the nature of modality, identity through time, the nature of time, and the realism/antirealism debate. Where possible, the author attempts to relate contemporary views to their classical sources in the history of philosophy.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 11
Introduction......Page 14
Overview......Page 15
The problem of universals I Metaphysical realism......Page 32
Overview......Page 33
The problem of universals II Nominalism......Page 64
Overview......Page 65
Concrete particulars I;Substrata, bundles, and substances......Page 104
Overview......Page 105
Propositions and their neighbors......Page 144
Overview......Page 145
The necessary and the possible......Page 178
Overview......Page 179
Concrete particulars II Persistence through time......Page 214
Overview......Page 215
Bibliography......Page 246
Index......Page 250

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