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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... question has a real ( objective ) answer . We cannot really discover the answer to a metaphysical question such as â Do we have free will ? " Arguably metaphysical questions are undecid- able , and undecidable questions call for ...
... question has a real ( objective ) answer . We cannot really discover the answer to a metaphysical question such as â Do we have free will ? " Arguably metaphysical questions are undecid- able , and undecidable questions call for ...
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... question , ' How fast is it moving ? ' is a sensible question with a definite answer : '88 feet per second . ' We may not in fact know the answer , but we do at any rate know what sort of answer is required . Contrast the pseudo - question ...
... question , ' How fast is it moving ? ' is a sensible question with a definite answer : '88 feet per second . ' We may not in fact know the answer , but we do at any rate know what sort of answer is required . Contrast the pseudo - question ...
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... question as one which would more strictly be asked with these words : " Where is a copy of Yeats ' ' Sailing to Byzan- tium " ? " For , the argument would go , a copy of Yeats ' poem can well be on the mantel , but the poem itself ...
... question as one which would more strictly be asked with these words : " Where is a copy of Yeats ' ' Sailing to Byzan- tium " ? " For , the argument would go , a copy of Yeats ' poem can well be on the mantel , but the poem itself ...
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Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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