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Taylor & Francis Ltd Metaphysics Contemporary Readings 2Nd Edition 2008 by Michael Loux
Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major themes in Metaphysics. Chapters appear under the headings:UniversalsParticularsModality and Possible WorldsCausationTimePersistenceRealism and Anti-Realism.Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay by the editor which guides students gently into each topic. Articles by the following leading philosophers are included:Allaire, Anscombe, Armstrong, Black, Broad, Casullo, Dummett, Ewing, Heller, Hume, Kripke, Lewis, Mackie, McTaggart, Mellor, Merricks , Parfit, Plantinga, Price, Prior, Putnam, Quine, Russell, Smart, Swinburne, Taylor , Van Cleve, van Inwagen, Williams.Featuring a new section on causation, this new edition is highly accessible and provides a broad-ranging exploration of the subject. Ideal for any philosophy student, this reader will prove essential reading for any metaphysics course. The sections and selections of readings have been updated to complement Michael Loux's textbook Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, third edition. Introduction Universals Bertrand Russell, "the World of Universals"H.H. Price, "Universals and Resemblances"W.V. Quine "On What There Is"D.C. Williams "The Elements of Being"David Armstrong "Universals as Attributes"ParticularsMax Black "The Identity of Indiscernibles"Edwin B. Allaire "Bare Particulars"James Van Cleve "Three Versions of the Bundle Theory"Albert Casullo, "A Fourth Version of the Bundle Theory"Modality and Possible WorldsDavid Lewis "Possible Worlds"Alvin Plantinga "Actualism and Possible Worlds"David Lewis "Counterparts or Double Lives?"Saul Kripke "Identity and Necessity"CausationDavid Hume, "Treatise or Inquiry on Causation"A.C.Ewing, "Fundamental Questions of Philosophy: Causation"Elizabeth Anscombe, "Causation and Determination" J.L.Mackie "Causes and Conditions" David Lewis, "Causation" TimeJ.M.E McTaggart, "TimeC.D Broad, "Ostensible Temporality"Richard Taylor, "Time and Eternity"A.N. Prior, "The Notion of the Present"J.J.C. Smart, "The Space-Time World"D.H. Mellor, "The Need for Tense"PersistenceMark Heller, "Temporal Parts of Four-Dimensional Objects"Trenton Merricks, "Endurance and Indiscernibility"Derek Parfit, "Personal Identity"David Lewis, "Survival and Identity"Richard Swinburne, "Personal Identity: the Dualist Theory"Realism and Anti-RealismMichael Dummett, "Realism"W.V. Quine, "Ontological Relativity"Hilary Putnam, "A Problem About Reference"Peter Van Inwagen, "Objectivity"