This volume provides a vital student resource: a collection of the essential classic and contemporary readings in metaphysics.
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"An outstanding and outstandingly complete set of papers in metaphysics, selected by two of the foremost metaphysicians." Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame
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Another Good Anthology in Big Questions Series,
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This review is from: Metaphysics: The Big Questions (Philosophy: The Big Questions) (Paperback)
Metaphysics: The Big Questions edited by Peter Inwagen and Dean Zimmerman is another strong addition the Blackwell Big Questions series of philosophical anthologies. The text examines a range of metaphysical questions from varied perspectives. I find this type of approach helpful in giving the reader a relatively quick and balanced introduction to the different subjects. In addition to the articles themselves the editors also provide solid recommendations for further reading. The topics of discussion include: universals, the nature of time and space, causation, identity, the mind -body problem, free will, existence and the validity of metaphysics.
Although I preferred certain essays to others, most of this is probably more indicative of my tastes than the qualities of the articles. For example, I do not find Putman very helpful - others may. I offer two other small criticisms. First, Rowe's article on the cosmological argument is dated. Given all the excellent recent work done in this area much better is available (interestingly, other Big Question anthologies have used this same article). Second, I appreciate the temptation to include issues that are considered `contemporary', however, I found the articles by Witt and Flax attempting to examine metaphysics from a post-modern feminist position weak and, detracted from an otherwise excellent anthology. Overall, despite a few imperfections it is a very useful text. I recommend it to anyone seeking an overview of metaphysics.
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New York, Philosophy of Universals, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Bertrand Russell, David Lewis, Philosophy of Resemblances, Journal of Philosophy, Queen Anne, Westview Press, University of Minnesota, Open Court, Derek Parfit, Thomas Reid, Professor Antipode, Some Free Thinking, Axiarchic View, Contemporary Metaphysics, Englewood Cliffs, Martin Gardner, Richard Swinburne, South Dakota, Contemporary Introduction, Great Rapids, Harvard University Press New!
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- Metaphysics by Bruce Aune on 9 pages
- A Treatise of Human Nature (Oxford Philosophical Texts) by David Hume on 7 pages
- Personal Identity (Great Debates in Philosophy) by Sydney Shoemaker on 6 pages
- Mysticism and Logic (Dover Books on Western Philosophy) by Bertrand Russell on 4 pages
- Nature of Existence by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart on 4 pages
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- Aquinas (Arguments of the Philosophers) by Eleonore Stump in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Architecture of Matter: Galileo to Kant by Thomas Holden on page 130, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- God and Time: Essays on the Divine Nature by Gregory E. Ganssle on page 90, and page 123
- Ernest Sosa: And His Critics (Philosophers and their Critics) by John Greco on page 261, and page 262
- Oxford Studies in Metaphysics: Volume 1 by Dean W. Zimmerman on page 35, and page 103
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