Metaphysics

The Fundamentals

Robert C Koons author Timothy Pickavance author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:2nd Jan '15

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Metaphysics: The Fundamentals presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics.

  • Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy
  • Introduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, Kit Fine, Peter van Inwagen, John Hawthorne and many others
  • Explores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principles
  • Addresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and time
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"Koons and Pickavance disclose uncommon and provocative insights regarding the role of Hirschian Exotic Objects in the perdurantism debate, and Powerist objections to the possibility of time travel, without swamping the reader in backstory .... In conclusion, Metaphysics: The Fundamentals provides a compendium of sources and tricky examples for any researcher seeking familiarization with a range of debates."
—Nicholas Danne (Metaphysica 2017; 18(1): 151-154)

ISBN: 9781405195737

Dimensions: 231mm x 152mm x 15mm

Weight: 358g

280 pages