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Ontology, Identity, and Modality: Essays in Metaphysics - Rilegato

Van Inwagen, Peter

 
9780521791649: Ontology, Identity, and Modality: Essays in Metaphysics
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ISBN 10: 0521791642 ISBN 13: 9780521791649
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Sinossi

Thirteen of Peter van Inwagen's essays on metaphysics, with a specially-written introduction.

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Descrizione del libro

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.

Contenuti

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.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2001
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521791642
ISBN 13 
9780521791649
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
272
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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