Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology

Crane, Tim (Editor)/ Farkas, Katalin (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0199261970 / ISBN 13: 9780199261970

Edité par Oxford Univ Pr, 2004

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1st edition. 792 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.75 inches. In Stock.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology
• Éditeur: Oxford Univ Pr
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0199261970
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780199261970
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Brand New

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Synopsis

A complete and self-contained introduction to metaphysics, this anthology provides an extensive and varied collection of fifty-four of the best classical and contemporary readings on the subject. The readings are organized into ten sections: God, idealism and realism, being, universals and particulars, necessity and contingency, causation, space and time, identity, mind and body, and freewill and determinism. It features a substantial general introduction and detailed section introductions that set the selections in context and guide readers through them. Discussion questions and detailed guides to further reading are also included.

À propos de l?auteur

Tim Crane has taught philosophy at University College London since 1990. He took his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1989.

Katalin Farkas graduated in mathematics and philosophy from the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and she took her PhD in philosophy from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1998.