Ontology, Identity, and Modality
Ontology, Identity, and Modality
副标题: Essays in Metaphysics
ISBN: 9780521795487
出版社: Cambridge University Press
出版年: 2001-4-2
页数: 272
定价: USD 44.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
This book gathers together thirteen of Peter van Inwagen's essays on metaphysics, several of which have acquired the status of modern classics in their field. They range widely across such topics as Quine's philosophy of quantification, the ontology of fiction, the part-whole relation, the theory of 'temporal parts', and human knowledge of modal truths. In addition, van Inwagen considers the question as to whether the psychological continuity theory of personal identity is compatible with materialism, and defends the thesis that possible states of affairs are abstract objects, in opposition to David Lewis's 'extreme modal realism'. A specially-written introduction completes the collection, which will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in metaphysics.