{"product_id":"metaphysics-contemporary-readings-9780415962384","title":"Metaphysics Contemporary Readings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetaphysics: Contemporary Readings \u003c\/em\u003eis a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major themes in Metaphysics. Chapters appear under the headings:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUniversals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eParticulars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModality and Possible Worlds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCausation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTime\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePersistence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRealism and Anti-Realism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach section is prefaced by an introductory essay by the editor which guides students gently into each topic. Articles by the following leading philosophers are included:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllaire, Anscombe, Armstrong, Black, Broad, Casullo, Dummett, Ewing, Heller, Hume, Kripke, Lewis, Mackie, McTaggart, Mellor, Merricks , Parfit, Plantinga, Price, Prior, Putnam, Quine, Russell, Smart, Swinburne, Taylor , Van Cleve, van Inwagen, Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a new section on causation, this new edition is highly accessible and provides a broad-ranging exploration of the subject. Ideal for any philosophy student, this reade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for the First Edition:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This anthology is clearly exceptionally good.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Quentin Smith, Western Michigan University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This anthology has many excellent features: the choice of readings is very good, mixing in an interesting way established and much-anthologised classics with new material.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Tim Crane, University College London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversals \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertrand Russell, \"the World of Universals\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH.H. Price, \"Universals and Resemblances\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eW.V. Quine \"On What There Is\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD.C. Williams \"The Elements of Being\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Armstrong \"Universals as Attributes\"\u003cbr\u003eParticulars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMax Black \"The Identity of Indiscernibles\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwin B. Allaire \"Bare Particulars\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Van Cleve \"Three Versions of the Bundle Theory\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Casullo, \"A Fourth Version of the Bundle Theory\"\u003cbr\u003eModality and Possible Worlds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lewis \"Possible Worlds\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlvin Plantinga \"Actualism and Possible Worlds\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lewis \"Counterparts or Double Lives?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaul Kripke \"Identity and Necessity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCausation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Hume, \"Treatise or Inquiry on Causation\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA.C.Ewing, \"Fundamental Questions of Philosophy: Causation\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Anscombe, \"Causation and Determination\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.L.Mackie \"Causes and Conditions\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lewis, \"Causation\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.M.E McTaggart, \"Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC.D Broad, \"Ostensible Temporality\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Taylor, \"Time and Eternity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA.N. Prior, \"The Notion of the Present\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.J.C. Smart, \"The Space-Time World\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD.H. Mellor, \"The Need for Tense\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersistence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Heller, \"Temporal Parts of Four-Dimensional Objects\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrenton Merricks, \"Endurance and Indiscernibility\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek Parfit, \"Personal Identity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lewis, \"Survival and Identity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Swinburne, \"Personal Identity: the Dualist Theory\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRealism and Anti-Realism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Dummett, \"Realism\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eW.V. Quine, \"Ontological Relativity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilary Putnam, \"A Problem About Reference\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Van Inwagen, \"Objectivity\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195195879767,"sku":"9780415962384","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415962384.jpg?v=1763646708","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/metaphysics-contemporary-readings-9780415962384","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}