According to Davidson, there is a single event that can be described as my flipping the switch, my turning on the light, my frightening the cat, my exposing the filth in the room, and my providing illumination for your reading of the ...
Together with a historical and philosophical introduction, extensive glossaries and notes, the text is supported by translations of Kant’s elucidations and notes, Eberhard’s insertions in the 1783 German edition and texts from the ...
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In response to feedback from students and instructors, the Second Edition has been updated with new material in a range of chapters, including discussions of recent research concerning the nature of physical objects, time and modality.
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For example , there can be no doubt that Lucy ( in the comic strip Peanuts ) is very conceited . If we were asked what Lucy's conceit is , we should probably be inclined to say that it is a mental property of Lucy .
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This book provides an introduction to metaphysics. At the outset Professor Hamlyn distinguishes two conceptions of metaphysics running through the history of the subject.
This is an ambitious and substantial study of metaphysics: its nature and inescapability.
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(Or, if some among us do know that there is a perfect being, or do know that there is no perfect being, this knowledge is certainly not common knowledge and is not, therefore, knowledge that we can appeal to in presenting a metaphysical ...
§803 THE MOST PERFECT BEING isthat to which belongs the highest perfection among beings, i.e.that being in which as many and as great things agree as greatly with as many andas great thingsas can agree withthe most and the greatest of ...
This third edition of the successful textbook provides a fresh look at key topics in metaphysics and includes two new chapters on time and causation.
Joe Sachs has followed up his brilliant translation of Aristotle's Physics with a new translation of Metaphysics. Sachs's translations bring distinguished new light onto Aristotle's works, which are foundational to...
An introduction to metaphysics offers questions and answers covering such issues as properties, changes, time, personal identity, nothingness, and consciousness.
This volume makes available in English for the first time Adorno's lectures on metaphysics.
The book covers a broad range of key topics, including theories of properties and particulars, the notion of truth-makers, powers and possibilities, material composition, and a variety of issues related to time and causation.
A comprehensive introduction by the editor, together with his preambles to each text, makes this an ideal volume for students on historically informed courses in metaphysics and the more speculative realms of philosophy.
‘Informative, accessible, and fun to read— this is an excellent reference guide for undergraduates and anyone wanting an introduction to the fundamental issues of metaphysics.