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Metaphysics : Second Edition
by Van Inwagen, PeterISBN13:
9780813390550
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0813390559
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Pub. Date:
7/28/2002
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Perseus Books
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Summary
In this classic, exciting, and thoughtful text,Metaphysics, Peter van Inwagen examines three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world? Why is there a world? and What is the place of human beings in the world?Metaphysicsintroduces to readers the curious notion that is metaphysics, how it is conceived both historically and currently. The author's work can serve either as a textbook in a university course on metaphysics or as an introduction to metaphysical thinking for the interested reader. This second edition, revised though not fundamentally changed, includes the basis of the first edition with a new chapter on the nature of time.
Author Biography
Peter van Inwagen is the John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Peter van Inwagen is the John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the First Edition | ix | ||||
| Preface to the Second Edition | xiii | ||||
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1 | (18) | |||
| Part One: The Way The World Is | 19 | (68) | |||
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19 | (3) | |||
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22 | (20) | |||
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42 | (14) | |||
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56 | (17) | |||
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73 | (14) | |||
| Part Two: Why The World Is | 87 | (48) | |||
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87 | (4) | |||
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91 | (24) | |||
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115 | (20) | |||
| Part Three: The Inhabitants Of The World | 135 | (86) | |||
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135 | (4) | |||
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139 | (10) | |||
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149 | (17) | |||
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166 | (21) | |||
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187 | (15) | |||
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202 | (16) | |||
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218 | (3) | |||
| Bibliography | 221 | (4) | |||
| Index | 225 |
