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Rea, Michael

 
9780367136086: Metaphysics: The Basics
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ISBN 10: 0367136082 ISBN 13: 9780367136086
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2020

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Metaphysics: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the philosophical study of some of the most important and foundational aspects of the world in which we live. Concerned with questions about existence, time, identity, change, and other basic elements of our common-sense and scientific ways of thinking about the world, metaphysics has long fascinated people. But to the uninitiated, many of the issues and problems can appear bewilderingly complex and intractable. In this lively and lucid book, Michael Rea examines and explains the core questions in the study of metaphysics―questions such as:

  • What is the relationship between an object and its properties, or between an object and its parts?
  • What is time, and is time travel possible?
  • Are human beings free?
  • What is it for an object or person to persist over time?

This second edition has been thoroughly revised and includes a new chapter on the metaphysics of gender. With suggestions for further reading and a glossary of key terms, Metaphysics: The Basics is an ideal introduction for those coming to the subject for the first time.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Michael Rea is Rev. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, USA, and Professorial Fellow in the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews, UK. He has written or edited more than fifteen books, and has given numerous lectures around the world, including the 2017 Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2020
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0367136082
ISBN 13 
9780367136086
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
2
Numero di pagine
252
Contatto del produttore
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com

Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24
München
80331
Germania

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9780367136079: Metaphysics: The Basics: The Basics

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ISBN 10:  0367136074 ISBN 13:  9780367136079
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2020
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