The Way Things are: Basic Readings in MetaphysicsThis anthology of classic and contemporary readings addresses the major areas of metaphysical inquiry: personal identity and responsibility; free will and determinism; change and time; existence and non-existence; the mind-body problem; and causal determinism and free will. |
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... cause of the fire , and they conclude that it was caused by an electrical short - circuit at a certain place . What is the exact force of their statement that this short - circuit caused the fire ? 39 We often say that one event causes ...
... cause of the fire , and they conclude that it was caused by an electrical short - circuit at a certain place . What is the exact force of their statement that this short - circuit caused the fire ? 39 We often say that one event causes ...
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... cause of E. If this is so , however , the first change that occurs after a total freeze could not have a cause . For let i be an interval with a duration of one second . If the freeze lasted more than one second , then the sequence of ...
... cause of E. If this is so , however , the first change that occurs after a total freeze could not have a cause . For let i be an interval with a duration of one second . If the freeze lasted more than one second , then the sequence of ...
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... cause , except what is drawn from something extraneous and foreign to it . Similar objects are always conjoined with similar . Of this we have experience . Suitably to this experience , there- fore , we may define a cause to be an ...
... cause , except what is drawn from something extraneous and foreign to it . Similar objects are always conjoined with similar . Of this we have experience . Suitably to this experience , there- fore , we may define a cause to be an ...
Contents
2 | 51 |
Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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