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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... conception of semantics , together with the claim that nothing analogous to the tensed conception of semantics is true with regard to any dimension of space.8 Next I want to discuss a controversy that combines linguistic and ...
... conception of semantics , together with the claim that nothing analogous to the tensed conception of semantics is true with regard to any dimension of space.8 Next I want to discuss a controversy that combines linguistic and ...
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... conception of semantics entails the B - relation thesis . Meanwhile , anyone who accepts the tensed conception of seman- tics should also accept the A - property thesis . For according to the tensed conception of semantics , ( 3 ) is an ...
... conception of semantics entails the B - relation thesis . Meanwhile , anyone who accepts the tensed conception of seman- tics should also accept the A - property thesis . For according to the tensed conception of semantics , ( 3 ) is an ...
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... conception of semantics , and my rejection of its spatial analogue , I can justifiably say that many propositions ( or whatever are the bearers of the truth - values ) pass , over time , from being true to being false and vice versa ...
... conception of semantics , and my rejection of its spatial analogue , I can justifiably say that many propositions ( or whatever are the bearers of the truth - values ) pass , over time , from being true to being false and vice versa ...
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Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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