Metaphysics
Metaphysics: The Fundamentals presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics. ac Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub- fields in contemporary philosophy ac Introduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, Kit Fine, Peter van Inwagen, John Hawthorne and many others ac Explores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principles ac Addresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and timeIn addition, as George Berkeley pointed out in the eighteenth century, anticipating Hume (Berkeley 2009; orig. pub. ... In practice, physicists combine these statements with a host of auxiliary principles that do make explicit use of causal language. ... Argument 3: Needed for an Adequate Account of Knowledge and Semantics In 1963, Edmund Gettier wrote a very influential little article ... Now, suppose that Jones owns a Honda and not a Toyota (having just traded in his Toyota Camry).
| Title | : | Metaphysics |
| Author | : | Robert C. Koons, Timothy Pickavance |
| Publisher | : | John Wiley & Sons - 2015-01-20 |
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