Metaphysics: An Introduction
Ney, Alyssa
ISBN 10: 041564075X ISBN 13: 9780415640756
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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.
About the Author:
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).
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Title: Metaphysics: An Introduction
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
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