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- ‘What is metaphysics?’ attempts to explain the discipline as trying to understand the fundamental nature of reality. Metaphysics seeks to organize and systematize all these specific truths that science discovers and to describe their general features. It thinks about the features that rationally the world should or could have.
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Sep 10, 2007 · 1. The Word ‘Metaphysics’ and the Concept of Metaphysics. 2. The Problems of Metaphysics: the “Old” Metaphysics. 2.1 Being As Such, First Causes, Unchanging Things. 2.2 Categories of Being and Universals. 2.3 Substance. 3. The Problems of Metaphysics: the “New” Metaphysics. 3.1 Modality. 3.2 Space and Time. 3.3 Persistence and Constitution.
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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.
This book, the fi rst systematic student introduction dedicated to metametaphysics, discusses the nature of metaphysics – its methodology, epistemology, ontology, and our access to metaphysical knowledge.
Defining metaphysics is difficult. On a summary level, one possible definition is that metaphysics is the field of philosophy concerned with identifying that which is real. You may wonder why any reasonable person would invest time pursuing an answer to that which, at first glance, seems obvious.
Aug 30, 2012 · Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction looks at 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?
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1 - Introduction. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012. D. W. Hamlyn. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. What is metaphysics? It is not easy to set out exactly what metaphysics is, and the whole question of what it is has often been thought problematic.
‘What is metaphysics?’ attempts to explain the discipline as trying to understand the fundamental nature of reality. Metaphysics seeks to organize and systematize all these specific truths that science discovers and to describe their general features. It thinks about the features that rationally the world should or could have.
