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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... things are things that are implicated in causal relations and ab- stract things are causally inert , it follows that abstract things do not exist . If God is said to be an abstract thing , our present assumptions suggest that God does ...
... things are things that are implicated in causal relations and ab- stract things are causally inert , it follows that abstract things do not exist . If God is said to be an abstract thing , our present assumptions suggest that God does ...
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... things thus far listed by introducing the idea of a contingent thing as a thing that logically might have been on the other side of the line from the side it actually is on . The planet Mars and the Abominable Snowman are contingent things ...
... things thus far listed by introducing the idea of a contingent thing as a thing that logically might have been on the other side of the line from the side it actually is on . The planet Mars and the Abominable Snowman are contingent things ...
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... thing ; but I should have added , or who denies the reality and truth of things . Phil . What things ? Do you mean the principles and theorems of sciences ? but these you know are universal intellectual notions , and consequently ...
... thing ; but I should have added , or who denies the reality and truth of things . Phil . What things ? Do you mean the principles and theorems of sciences ? but these you know are universal intellectual notions , and consequently ...
Contents
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Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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