Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction
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Metaphysics : a contemporary introduction
（Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy, 1）
Routledge, 1998
- : hbk.
- : pbk.
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Bibliography: p. [233]-236
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Designed for students of philosophy who have already done an introductory course in the subject, this volume aims to introduce the main topics of metaphysics while avoiding jargon and technicalities. Topics include the problem of universals, the nature of abstract entries, the problem of individuation, the nature of modality, identity through time, the nature of time, and the realism/antirealism debate. Where possible, the author attempts to relate contemporary views to their classical sources in the history of philosophy.
Table of Contents
Introduction, 1. The Problem of Universals I - Metaphysical Realism, 2. The Problem of Universals II - Nominalism, 3. Concrete Particulars I - Substrata, Bundles, and Substances, 4. Propositions and thier Neighbors, 5. The Necessary and the Possible, 6. Concrete Particulars II - Persistence Through Time, Bibliography
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