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into the privilege of writing philosophy with my first metaphysics teacher, J. P. Moreland, as well as with my last metaphysics teacher, my dissertation supervisor, Rob Koons. Both are incredible philosophers who are even more incredible human beings. I owe not only my knowledge of metaphysics, but also my philosophical career to the pair of them.
Sep 10, 2007 · Metaphysics. It is not easy to say what metaphysics is. Ancient and Medieval philosophers might have said that metaphysics was, like chemistry or astrology, to be defined by its subject-matter: metaphysics was the “science” that studied “being as such” or “the first causes of things” or “things that do not change”.
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An Introduction to Metaphysics A COMPARISON of the definitions of metaphysics and the various conceptions of the absolute leads to the discovery that philosophers, in spite of their apparent divergencies, agree in distinguishing two profoundly different ways of knowing a thing. The first implies that we move round the object; the
A Definition of Metaphysics: Metaphysics is the philosophical investigation of the ultimate nature of reality. Some Basic Types of Questions in Metaphysics: (1) Questions concerning reality as a whole; (2) Questions concerning things that must be true of absolutely everything that exists; (3) Questions concerning possibilities for existence; (4 ...
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Dec 8, 2011 · What is metaphysics? December 2011. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511732256.003. In book: Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics (pp.8-25) Authors: Kit Fine. New York University. Citations (25) Abstract....
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Metaphysics, on the other hand, deals with the most general traits of real ity — with value, say, or mind. The concepts of metaphysics are also distinguished by their transpar ency. Roughly speaking, a concept is transparent if there is no significant gap between the concept and what it is a concept of. Thus there is a sig nificant gap ...
This book is an accessible introduction to the central themes of contemporary metaphysics. It carefully considers accounts of causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, personal identity, mental states, time, material objects, and properties, while inviting students to reflect on metaphysical problems.
