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advanced philosophy
american philosopher
answers for special composition question
answers for the Question of Material Composition
Author_Peter Van Inwagen
Category=QDTJ
compositional nihilism
Consciousness
contemporary debates in metaphysics
contemporary metaphysics
Cosmology
Determinism
Epistemology
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Existence
explaining the Question of Material Composition
identities of material objects
living philosophers
materialism
mereological nihilism
metaphysics
metaphysics of material objects
metphysical debates
Mind
ontological philosophy
ontology
Perception
philosophy
philosophy of identity
philosophy of metaphysics
philosophy of special composition question
philosophy of the mind
physchology of identity
Reality
special composition question
technical philosophy
understanding the mind
understanding the special composition question
what is metaphysics
what is the special composition question
what is the the Question of Material Composition
Product details
- ISBN 9780801483066
- Weight: 907g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 16 Nov 1995
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"There is much to bee learned from this book.... Material Beings is a refreshing example of straight-on, full-speed metaphysics. Van Inwagen goes where his arguments lead him-and they lead him to some remarkable places indeed."
-Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
According to Peter van Inwagen, visible inanimate objects do not, strictly speaking, exist. In defending this controversial thesis, he offers fresh insights on such topics as personal identity, commonsense belief, existence over time, the phenomenon of vagueness, and the relation between metaphysics and ordinary language.
Peter van Inwagen is Research Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.
