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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... observe just one object , call it 0 , which remains completely unchanged throughout the interval , and that at each point during the interval I know how long I have observed 0 to remain unchanged . Then the content of my knowledge will ...
... observe just one object , call it 0 , which remains completely unchanged throughout the interval , and that at each point during the interval I know how long I have observed 0 to remain unchanged . Then the content of my knowledge will ...
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... observed freezes always last one year with the supposition that they al- ways last longer than six months . It now becomes possible to decide empirically between the two hypotheses stated earlier . First , it is compatible with the ...
... observed freezes always last one year with the supposition that they al- ways last longer than six months . It now becomes possible to decide empirically between the two hypotheses stated earlier . First , it is compatible with the ...
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... observed facts are ones according to which changeless intervals do not occur . We do not indeed have a set of hypotheses that explain all observed phenomena , but none of the unexplained phenomena are such that there is any reason to ...
... observed facts are ones according to which changeless intervals do not occur . We do not indeed have a set of hypotheses that explain all observed phenomena , but none of the unexplained phenomena are such that there is any reason to ...
Contents
PART II | 93 |
PART III | 149 |
Negative Existentials Richard Cartwright | 163 |
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1984 World Series A-properties actions agglomerativity Alice Anaximander Anomalous Monism Anselm's answer argue assumption Basileides believe Berkeley body brain causal role cause claim colours conceive conception consciousness consider continue deny distinction dualism Eiffel Tower entails exist experience false follows human idea identity theory imagination immaterial incompatibilism incompatibilist instance Inwagen J. J. C. Smart Jaegwon Kim Journal of Philosophy kill Grandfather knowledge laws logical matter mental events metaphysical mind modal logic modal principle motion nature necessity object obligation occur Oxford pain Passage Argument past perceptions personal identity Peter van Inwagen Phil Philosophical physical events position possible worlds predicate premise present properties proposition pure passage Qualia question reason relation rigid designators seems sensation sense sensible qualities ship soft fact sort soul space spatial location substance suppose Sydney Shoemaker t₁ temporal thesis things thought time-dimension tion total freeze true truth University Press