Introduction to Metaphysics

Informationen zum Autor John W. Carroll is Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University. He is the author of Laws of Nature (Cambridge, 1994). Klappentext Discusses and invites students to reflect on topics such as causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature and material objects. Zusammenfassung What makes it the case that one event causes another event? What are material objects? What makes it the case that a person may exist at two different times? This engaging and well-written introduction makes these questions tractable by presenting the features and flaws of current attempts to answer them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Causation; 3. Freedom and determinism; 4. Laws of nature; 5. Personal identity; 6. Mental states; 7. Time; 8. Material objects; 9. Properties; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: John Carroll, John W. Carroll, John W. (North Carolina State University) Carroll, John W. Markosian Carroll, Mark Heller, Ned Markosian, Ned (Western Washington University) Markosian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2010
• EAN: 9780521533683
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53368-3
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy; Cambridge Introductions to Phi; Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy; Cambridge Introductions to Phi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works