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An Introduction to Metaphysics

ISBN: 9780521533683 | 0521533686
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 5/17/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
What makes it the case that one event causes another event? What are material objects? What makes it the case that a person may exist at two different times? This engaging and well-written introduction makes these questions tractable by presenting the features and flaws of current attempts to answer them.
This book is an accessible introduction to the central themes of contemporary metaphysics. It carefully considers accounts of causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, personal identity, mental states, t... MORE
Prefacep. vii
Introductionp. 1
Causationp. 20
Freedom and Determinismp. 45
Laws of naturep. 79
Personal identityp. 103
Mental statesp. 133
Timep. 159
Material objectsp. 184
Propertiesp. 227
Bibliographyp. 251
Indexp. 259
Ta... MORE
John W. Carroll is Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina state University. He is the author of Laws of Nature (Cambridge, 1994).
Ned Markosian is Professor of Philosophy at Western Washington university.


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