Ontology, Identity, and Modality - Essays in Metaphysics

Klappentext Thirteen of Peter van Inwagen's essays on metaphysics! with a specially-written introduction. Zusammenfassung This book gathers together thirteen of Peter van Inwagen's essays on metaphysics! several of which have acquired the status of modern classics in their field. A specially-written introduction completes the collection! which will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in metaphysics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Ontology: 1. Meta-ontology; 2. Why I don't understand substitutional quantification; 3. Creatures of fiction; 4. Why is there anything at all? Part II. Identity: 5. The doctrine of arbitrary undetached parts; 6. Composition as identity; 7. Four-dimensional objects; 8. Temporal parts and identity across time; 9. Materialism and the psychological-continuity account of personal identity; Part III. Modality: 10. Indexicality and actuality; 11. Plantinga on trans-world identity; 12. Two concepts of possible worlds; 13. Modal epistemology; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter Van Inwagen, Peter van Inwagen, Peter (University of Notre Dame Van Inwagen
• Mitarbeit: Jonathan Dancy (Herausgeber), Ernest Sosa (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.03.2001
• EAN: 9780521791649
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79164-9
• Seiten: 272
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology