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Metaphysics /

With thoughtful and engaging prose, noted scholar Peter van Inwagen provides a comprehensive introduction to metaphysics in this essential text. Metaphysics covers the gamut of historical and contemporary arguments of metaphysics, engaging readers through three profound questions: What are the most...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Inwagen, Peter (Autor)
Otros Autores: Santana, Miguel (Diseñador de portada), Halitzer, Wendy (Diseñador de portada)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, 2015.
Edición:Fourth edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the 4th Edition; 1: Introduction; PART 1: THE WAY THE WORLD IS; 2: Individuality; 3: Externality; 4: Temporality; 5: Objectivity; PART 2: WHY THE WORLD IS; 6: Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument; 7: Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument; PART 3: THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD; 8: What Rational Beings Are There?; 9: The Place of Rantional Beings in the World: Design and Purpose; 10: The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Physicalism; 11: The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Personal Identity; 12: The Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will.
  • 13: Concluding MeditationCoda: Being; Bibliography; Index.