Ontology, Identity and Morality

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, van Inwagen Peter, Peter van Inwagen
• Mitarbeit: Ernest Sosa (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.03.2001
• EAN: 9780521795487
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79548-7
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 16 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
• Thema: Sachbuch