An illuminating general Introduction describes the book that lies ahead, explaining what it is about, what it is trying to do, how it goes about doing it, and what sort of audience it presupposes.
This second edition has been thoroughly revised and includes a new chapter on the metaphysics of gender.
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.
An outstanding feature of the book is that it not only equips the reader with a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of metaphysics but provides a valuable guide to contemporary metaphysics and metaphysicians.
But if we must acknowledge this fact , we can hardly dispute Locke's claim that the colors we see do not literally belong to external objects . This outcome supports the view we took of the two observers of the paintings .
Despite this epistemological aim, the book is also a rich source of metaphysical theses and arguments, and Locke's work has been very influential in shaping debates concerning personal identity, essence, primary and secondary qualities ...
This volume makes available in English for the first time the famed lectures on metaphysics by one of the founders of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.
"This book contains a concise introduction to one of the most fundamental branches of philosophy, which deals with reality and its nature.
Throughout the greater part of the twentieth century, both in the analytic and continental traditions, metaphysics was deemed to be passé.
Metaphysics: A Study of the Structure of Metaphysical Inquiry
There are stupendous miracles such as healing the sick; causing the blind to see; making the crippled walk, but these are not the only miracles with which we are concerned in this Metaphysical study.
... changes ceased with the cessation of that cup's existence . Yet even things that have ceased to exist , and others that will exist in the future but do not exist yet , undergo a relational kind of change which is simply a corollary of ...
Through insightful analysis and careful evaluation, William Hasker helps readers answer these questions and thereby construct a world view to make sense of the universe and the people in it.
The book includes metaphysical wisdom, strategies and titbits to assist us on our way to living that elusive joy filled and purposeful life.