Metaphysics
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Metaphysics
（Dimensions of philosophy series）
Westview Press, 1993
- pbk. : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and index
内容説明・目次
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ISBN 9780813306346
内容説明
Accepting the traditional definition of metaphysics as the study of ultimate reality, this book is built around three questions: what are the most general features of the world?; why does the world exist?; and what is the nature and place of rational beings in the world? The author surveys the classical answers to these questions while instructing readers through example how to think about them more clearly and deeply on their own. By the end of the book, he has introduced most of the perennial topics of metaphysics, including appearance and reality, identity and individuation, objectivity, necessary existence, mind and body, teleology, and freedom of the will.
目次
- Part 1 The way the world is: individuality
- externality
- objectivity. Part 2 Why the world is: necessary being - the ontological argument
- necessary being - the cosmological argument. Part 3 The inhabitants of the world: what rational beings are there?
- the place of rational beings in the world - design and purpose
- the nature of rational beings - dualism and physicalism
- the nature of rational beings - dualism and personal identity
- the powers of rational beings - freedom of the will.
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pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780813306353
内容説明
What are the most general features of the world? Why does the world exist? And what is the nature and place of rational beings in the world?In Metaphysics , van Inwagen surveys the classical answers to these questions and provides examples of how to think about them more clearly and deeply. He introduces readers to most of the perennial topics of metaphysics, including appearance and reality, identity and individuation, objectivity, necessary existence, mind and body, teleology, and freedom of the will. }Accepting the traditional definition of metaphysics as the study of ultimate reality, Peter van Inwagen builds this textbook around three crucial questions: What are the most general features of the world? Why does the world exist? And what is the nature and place of rational beings in the world?In the informal but precise style for which he is known, van Inwagen surveys the classical answers to these questions and provides examples of how to think about them more clearly and deeply.
He introduces readers to most of the perennial topics of metaphysics, including appearance and reality, identity and individuation, objectivity, necessary existence, mind and body, teleology, and freedom of the will. Metaphysics is engaging and provocative, and through it van Inwagen provides a lucid guide to the study of First Questions and a paradigm of philosophical exposition. }
目次
- Introduction
- The Way The World Is
- Introduction
- Individuality
- Externality
- Objectivity
- Why The World Is
- Introduction
- Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument
- Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument
- The Inhabitants Of The World
- Introduction
- What Rational Beings Are There?
- The Place of Rational Beings in the World: Design and Purpose
- The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Physicalism
- The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Personal Identity
- The Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will
- Concluding Meditation
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