Metaphysics

An Introduction

Alyssa Ney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

310 Seiten

2014
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-64075-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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).

Inhalt

Preface Preparatory Background: Logic for Metaphysics 1. An Introduction to Ontology 2. Abstract Entities 3. Material Objects 4. Critiques of Metaphysics 5. Time 6. Persistence 7. Modality 8. Causation 9. Free Will 10. The Metaphysics of Race (with Allan Hazlett). Glossary Index

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 30 Line drawings, black and white
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 174 x 246 mm
• Gewicht: 640 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
• ISBN-10: 0-415-64075-X / 041564075X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-64075-6 / 9780415640756
• Zustand: Neuware