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Informationen zum Autor PETER VAN INWAGEN is John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of The Problem of Evil (2006), Ontology, Identity, and Modality (2001), God, Knowledge, and Mystery: Essays in Philosophical Theology (1995), Metaphysics (1993), Material Beings (1990), and An Essay on Free Will (1983). DEAN W. ZIMMERMAN is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published articles on metaphysics in a number of journals and collections, including The American Philosophical Quarterly, Analysis, The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Mind, The Monist, Noûs, The Philosophical Review , and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research . He is also editor of the Oxford Studies in Metaphysics series. Klappentext This extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman's popular collection of classic and contemporary readings in metaphysics now features twenty-two additional selections, and new sections on existence and modality.The volume poses questions that lead to the deepest issues in traditional metaphysics, including problems about the nature of space and time, the relationship between body and mind, and the freedom of the will. With updated commentary from the editors, this collection is essential reading for those seeking answers to some of the most puzzling questions about the world and our place in it. Zusammenfassung This extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman's popular collection of readings in metaphysics now features twenty-two additional selections, new sections on existence and reality, and an updated editorial commentary. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to 2nd Edition. Sources. Introduction: What is metaphysics?. Part I: What Are the Most General Features of the World?: . A. What is existence?. 1. Holes:David Lewis and Stephanie Lewis. 2. On What There Is:W. V. O. Quine. 3. Beyond Being and Nonbeing:Roderick M. Chisholm. B. What is the relationship between an individual and its characteristics?. 4. Universals: an Excerpt from The Problems of Philosophy:Bertrand Russell. 5. Universals as Attributes:. An Excerpt from Universals: an Opinionated Introduction,David M. Armstrong. 6. Universals and Resemblances: Chapter 1 of Thinking and Experience H. H. Price. 7. The Elements of Being:D.C. Williams. 8. The Identity of Indiscernibles:Max Black. 9. Distinct Indiscernibles and the Bundle Theory:Dean W. Zimmerman. C. What is time? What is space?. 10. Time: an Excerpt from The Nature of Existence:J. McT. E. McTaggart. 11. McTaggart's Arguments against the Reality of Time: an Excerpt from Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy. C. D. Broad. 12. The Notion of the Present:A. N. Prior. 13. Changes in Events and Changes in Things:A. N. Prior. 14. The General Problem of Time and Change: an Excerpt from Scientific Thought:C. D. Broad. 15. The Myth of Passage:D. C. Williams. 16. Some Free Thinking about Time:A. N. Prior. 17. The Fourth Dimension: an Excerpt from The Ambidextrous Universe:Martin Gardner. 18. Incongruent Counterparts and Higher Dimensions:James Van Cleve. 19. The Traditional Conception of Space, and the Principle of Extensive Abstraction:. An Excerpt from Scientific Thought:C. D. Broad. 20. Achilles and the Tortoise: Max Black. 21. A Contemporary Look at Zeno's Paradoxes: an Excerpt from Space, Time, and Motion. Wesley C. Salmon. 22. Grasping the Infinite: José A. Benardete. 23. The Paradoxes of Time Travel: David Lewis. D. How do Things Persist through Changes of Parts and Properties?. 24. Of Confused Subjects Which Are Equivalent to Two Su...
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Preface to Second Edition.
Introduction: What is metaphysics?
Part I: What are the most general features of the world?
A. What is existence?
B. What is the relationship between an individual and its characteristics?
C. What is time? What is space?
D. How do things persist through changes of parts and properties?
E. How do causes bring about their effects?
Part II: What is our place in the world?
A. How are mind and body related?
B. Is it possible for us to act freely?
Part III: Are there many worlds?
A. Are there worlds other than the actual world?
B. Is there more than one actual world?
Part IV: Why is there a world?
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"An outstanding and outstandingly complete set of papers in metaphysics, selected by two of the foremost metaphysicians." Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame
