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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... involves change must of course be distin- guished from the truism that change involves time . And , as it will be understood in this essay , it must also be distinguished from a truism that Aristotle expressed by saying " if the ' now ...
... involves change must of course be distin- guished from the truism that change involves time . And , as it will be understood in this essay , it must also be distinguished from a truism that Aristotle expressed by saying " if the ' now ...
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... involves McTaggartian change , has important cosmological consequences . It implies , for ex- ample , that the ... involves the existence of a universe of things , and if time involves change then there can be no time during which the ...
... involves McTaggartian change , has important cosmological consequences . It implies , for ex- ample , that the ... involves the existence of a universe of things , and if time involves change then there can be no time during which the ...
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... involves change because the aware- ness , or realization , that an interval of time has elapsed necessarily involves the awareness of changes occurring during the interval . It is not a serious objection to this that sometimes , e.g. ...
... involves change because the aware- ness , or realization , that an interval of time has elapsed necessarily involves the awareness of changes occurring during the interval . It is not a serious objection to this that sometimes , e.g. ...
Contents
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Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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