Metaphysics : a very short introduction /

Metaphysics : a very short introduction /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mumford, Stephen.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description:	113 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Very short introductions ; 326 Very short introductions ; 326.
Subject:	Metaphysics. Metaphysics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8914730

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780199657124 0199657122
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Metaphysics is one of the traditional four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology. It is also an area that continues to attract and hold a fascination for many people yet it is associated with being complex and abstract. For some it is associated with the mystical or religious. For others it is known through the metaphysical poets who talk of love and spirituality. This Very Short Introduction goes right to the heart of the matter, getting to the basic and most important questions of metaphysical thought in order to understand the theory: What are objects? Do colours and shapes have some form of existence? What is it for one thing to cause another rather than just being associated with it? What is possible? Does time pass? By using these questions to initiate thought about the basic issues around substance, properties, changes, causes, possibilities, time, personal identity, nothingness and emergentism, Stephen Mumford provides a clear and simple path through this analytical tradition at the core of philosophical thought."--pub. desc.

Regenstein, Bookstacks

Loading map link

Holdings details from Regenstein, Bookstacks
Call Number:	BD111 .M86 2012
c.1	Available Loan period: standard loan Scan and Deliver Request for Pickup Need help? - Ask a Librarian