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A revision of a classic philosophical study of the fundamental nature of all reality. 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... read more
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First Sentence edit
An introductory textbook of geology or tax law or music theory will probably begin with some sort of account of what geology or tax law or music theory is.
Table of Contents edit
1 Introduction
Part One: The Way the World Is
Introduction
2 Individuality
3 Externality
4 Temporality
5 Objectivity
Part Two: Why the World Is
Introduction
6 Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument
7 Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument
Part Three: The Inhabitants of the World
Introduction
8 What Rational Beings Are There?
9 The Place of Rational 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 Meditation
Coda: Being
Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter Van Inwagen (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 110
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Metaphysics
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