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Lowe argues in this fascinating new study that metaphysics should be restored to centrality in philosophy, as the most fundamental form of inquiry, whose findings underpin those of all other disciplines. He portrays metaphysics as charting the possibilities of existence, by identifying the categories of being and the relations between them. He then sets out his own metaphysical system, with which he seeks to answer many of the most vexed questions in philosophy.
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About the Author
E. J. Lowe is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham.
Review
`Lowe has given us a lucid analysis of a broad range of metaphysical issues. In particular, his criticisms of David Lewis's views on perdurance and his general rejection of trope theory should be of great interest to students of contemporay metaphysics.'
The Review of Metaphysics
`Lowe's book is characterized by a smooth and coherent exposition'
The Review of Metaphysics
`A fine contribution to the literature'
The Review of Metaphysics
`a very rich book ... deserves to be read carefully by anyone interested in any of the many subjects he discusses.'
Katherine Hawley, British Journal of the Philosophy of Science 50 (1999)
`Lowe has an extremely fertile and original mind, and the book is packed full of fascinating claims and arguments of the sort that his readers will instantly recognize...Lowe's book offers a rich philosophical vision, and no one interested in these topics can neglect it.'
Eric Olson, Mind, November 2000
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0198236832
- ISBN 13 9780198236832
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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