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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... spatial location . Stalin does not ( at present ) exist ; nonetheless , Stalin currently has certain properties . Stalin currently is a dead person , which is to say that Stalin currently is an instantiator of the property of being a ...
... spatial location . Stalin does not ( at present ) exist ; nonetheless , Stalin currently has certain properties . Stalin currently is a dead person , which is to say that Stalin currently is an instantiator of the property of being a ...
Page 136
... spatial analogue to any phenomenon involving A - properties . There are no genuine , monadic , spatial prop- erties analogous to pastness , presentness and futurity ; there are cer- tainly no such properties as being north , being south ...
... spatial analogue to any phenomenon involving A - properties . There are no genuine , monadic , spatial prop- erties analogous to pastness , presentness and futurity ; there are cer- tainly no such properties as being north , being south ...
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... spatial parts , for exam- ple , afterimages . We are now in a position to distinguish between what I shall call ... spatial parts having different spatial locations . The crucial difference , be it noted , is the difference between one ...
... spatial parts , for exam- ple , afterimages . We are now in a position to distinguish between what I shall call ... spatial parts having different spatial locations . The crucial difference , be it noted , is the difference between one ...
Contents
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Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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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 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 Phil Philosophical physical events position possible worlds predicate premise present properties proposition pure passage Qualia question reason relation Richard Swinburne 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