The possibility of metaphysics : substance, identity, and time /

The possibility of metaphysics : substance, identity, and time /

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Author / Creator:Lowe, E. J. (E. Jonathan)
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 275 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Metaphysics.
Metaphysics.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11194686
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ISBN:9780191519147
0191519146
9780191597930
0191597937
1282051857
9781282051850
9786612051852
661205185X
0198236832 0199244995 9780199244997
9780198236832
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Lowe argues that metaphysics should occupy a central position in philosophy as a fundamental form of rational inquiry that underpins all other disciplines. Lowe seeks to answer many of the deepest and most challenging questions in philosophy.
Other form:Print version: Lowe, E.J. (E. Jonathan). Possibility of metaphysics. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 0198236832 9780198236832
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Possibility of Metaphysics
  • 2. Objects and Identity
  • 3. Identity and Unity
  • 4. Time and Persistence
  • 5. Persistence and Substance
  • 6. Substance and Dependence
  • 7. Primitive Substances
  • 8. Categories and Kinds
  • 9. Matter and Form
  • 10. Abstract Entities
  • 11. Facts and the World
  • 12. The Puzzle of Existence.

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