Metaphysics

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Baldwin is Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of York! UK. Klappentext A clear! concise and affordable introduction to this major core component of any undergraduate philosophy degree. Zusammenfassung Metaphysics - the philosophy of being and knowing - is a subject with which all students of philosophy must grapple. This guidebook presents an introduction to the central ideas and problems encountered when studying metaphysics. It gives an account of thinking on metaphysics from Plato and Aristotle onwards. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Traditional Conception of Metaphysics; 2. The Critics of Metaphysics; 3. Essence and Substance; 4. The Physical World; 5. The Human World; 6. The Animal and its World; 7. People and their Thoughts; 8. Values and Human Nature; 9. God; 10. The Possibility of Metaphysics.

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Thomas Baldwin is Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of York, UK.

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A clear, concise and affordable introduction to this major core component of any undergraduate philosophy degree.

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Metaphysics - the philosophy of being and knowing - is a subject with which all students of philosophy must grapple. This guidebook presents an introduction to the central ideas and problems encountered when studying metaphysics. It gives an account of thinking on metaphysics from Plato and Aristotle onwards.

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1. The Traditional Conception of Metaphysics; 2. The Critics of Metaphysics; 3. Essence and Substance; 4. The Physical World; 5. The Human World; 6. The Animal and its World; 7. People and their Thoughts; 8. Values and Human Nature; 9. God; 10. The Possibility of Metaphysics.