The Blackwell guide to metaphysics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard M. Gale

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Disciplina: 110
• Soggetto topico: Metaphysics; Philosophy
• Altri autori: GaleRichard M. <1932->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Physics, Metaphysics, and Method in Newton's Dynamics; 2 Causation; 3 What Events Are; 4 Time, Temporality, and Paradox; 5 A Thomist Metaphysics; 6 The Concept of Ontological Category: A New Approach; 7 Universals and Predication; 8 Composition as a Fiction; 9 What Do We Refer to When We Say "I"?; 10 Personal Identity: The Non-Branching Form of "What Matters"; 11 Idealism; 12 An Idealistic Realism: Presuppositional Realism and Justi.catory Idealism ; 13 Overcoming a Dualism of Concepts and Causes: The Basic Argument of "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind"14 Metaphysical Realism and Logical Nonrealism; 15 The Metaphysics of Possibilia; 16 The Actual and the Possible; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics is a definitive introduction to the core areas of metaphysics. It brings together sixteen internationally respected philosophers that demonstrate how metaphysics is done as they examine topics including causation, temporality, ontology, personal identity, idealism, and realism.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Blackwell guide to metaphysics
• ISBN: 1-4051-6475-1; 1-78268-740-8; 1-281-31260-6; 9786611312602; 0-470-70281-8; 0-470-99898-9; 0-470-99897-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816696203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell philosophy guides ; ; v.8.