This book covers the gamut of historical and contemporary arguments of metaphysics, engaging readers through three profound questions: what are the most general features of the world, why is there a world and what is the place of human beings in the world?
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This book covers the gamut of historical and contemporary arguments of metaphysics, engaging readers through three profound questions: what are the most general features of the world, why is there a world and what is the place of human beings in the world?
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Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Introduction -- The Way the World is -- Individuality -- Externality -- Temporality -- Objectivity -- Why the World is -- Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument -- Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument -- The Inhabitants of the World -- What Rational Beings are there? -- The Place of Rational Beings in the World -- The Nature of Rational Beings -- The Nature Of Rational Beings: Dualism and Personal Identity -- The Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will -- Concluding Meditation -- Coda: Being
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ISBN
9780367319380
Publisert
2019-05-07
Utgave
4. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
352

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van Inwagen, Peter