Bridging the gap between the familiar figures of the history of philosophy and the technical approaches favoured by contemporary philosophers, The Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics introduces the key ideas and debates needed to understand analytic metaphysics. Presenting an effective syllabus for an introductory course in contemporary metaphysics, this companion brings together a team of leading metaphysicians. It begins with a comprehensive introduction to methodological problems and methods, before tackling the perennial metaphysical questions surrounding core topics such as: ac Modality ac Universals and Abstract Objects ac Naturalism and Physicalism ac Mind ac Free Will ac GodInthefirstthird, Papineau arguesfor physicalism on the grounds of a causal argument, including a amanifestabilitya argument ... thesis T4 is that a[a]ll instantiations ofnon physical objects and attributes are vertically explainable in terms of physicalanbsp;...
Title | : | The Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics |
Author | : | Neil A. Manson, Robert W. Barnard |
Publisher | : | Bloomsbury Publishing - 2014-12-18 |
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