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

Inwagen, Van

 
9780521795487: Ontology, Identity, and Modality: Essays in Metaphysics

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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9780521791649: Ontology, Identity, and Modality: Essays in Metaphysics

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ISBN 10:  0521791642 ISBN 13:  9780521791649
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2001
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