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Metaphysics
The Big Questions
Av Peter van Inwagen, Dean W. Zimmerman
Häftad, 2008
491 kr
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This extensively revised and expanded edition of van Inwagen and Zimmerman’s popular collection of readings in metaphysics now features twenty-two additional selections, new sections on existence and reality, and an updated editorial commentary. Collects classic and contemporary readings in …
Material Beings
Inbunden, 1990
746 kr
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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 ResearchAccording to Peter van Inwagen, …
Persons
Human and Divine
Av Dean Zimmerman, Peter van Inwagen
E-bok, 2007
624 kr
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The nature of persons is a perennial topic of debate in philosophy, currently enjoying something of a revival. In this volume for the first time metaphysical debates about the nature of human persons are brought together with related debates in philosophy of religion and theology. Fifteen specially …
Problem of Evil
E-bok, 2006
375 kr
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It is generally supposed that the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering, much of it truly horrible suffering, confronts those who believe in an all-powerful and benevolent Creator with a serious problem: to explain why such a Creator would permit this. Many reflective people are …
Abstract and the Concrete
Further Essays in Ontology
E-bok, 2024
866 kr
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The Abstract and the Concrete presents nine essays in ontology by Peter van Inwagen. Three of the essays concern topics in meta-ontology: the idea of multiple modes of being; Carnap''s idea that the questions of "ontology," insofar as they are meaningful at all, are questions about which linguistic …
Abstract and the Concrete
Further Essays in Ontology
E-bok, 2024
839 kr
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The Abstract and the Concrete presents nine essays in ontology by Peter van Inwagen. Three of the essays concern topics in meta-ontology: the idea of multiple modes of being; Carnap''s idea that the questions of "ontology," insofar as they are meaningful at all, are questions about which linguistic …
The Abstract and the Concrete
Further Essays in Ontology
Inbunden, 2024
905 kr
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The Abstract and the Concrete presents nine essays in ontology by Peter van Inwagen. Three of the essays concern topics in meta-ontology: the idea of multiple modes of being; Carnap's idea that the questions of "ontology," insofar as they are meaningful at all, are questions about which linguistic …
Being
A Study in Ontology
Inbunden, 2022
1404 kr
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For millennia, philosophers have debated about the existence of things - not only the existence of things like God, demons and the soul, but things like mathematical objects, qualities and attributes, or merely possible states of affairs and people. Ontology is the present-day name for the part of …
Being
A Study in Ontology
E-bok, 2022
1265 kr
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For millennia, philosophers have debated about the existence of things - not only the existence of things like God, demons and the soul, but things like mathematical objects, qualities and attributes, or merely possible states of affairs and people. Ontology is the present-day name for the part of …
Being
A Study in Ontology
E-bok, 2022
1265 kr
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For millennia, philosophers have debated about the existence of things - not only the existence of things like God, demons and the soul, but things like mathematical objects, qualities and attributes, or merely possible states of affairs and people. Ontology is the present-day name for the part of …
An Essay on Free Will
Häftad, 1986
667 kr
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The author defends the thesis that free will is incompatible with determinism. He disputes the view that determinism is necessary for free will and argues that free will is necessary for moral responsibility.
The Problem of Evil
The Gifford Lectures delivered in the University of St Andrews in 2003
Inbunden, 2006
1758 kr
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It is generally supposed that the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering, much of it truly horrible suffering, confronts those who believe in an all-powerful and benevolent Creator with a serious problem: to explain why such a Creator would permit this. Many reflective people are …
Persons
Human and Divine
Av Peter van Inwagen, Dean Zimmerman
Inbunden, 2007
2856 kr
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The nature of persons is a perennial topic of debate in philosophy, currently enjoying something of a revival. In this volume for the first time metaphysical debates about the nature of human persons are brought together with related debates in philosophy of religion and theology. Fifteen specially …
Persons
Human and Divine
Av Peter van Inwagen, Dean Zimmerman
Häftad, 2007
1096 kr
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The nature of persons is a perennial topic of debate in philosophy, currently enjoying something of a revival. In this volume for the first time metaphysical debates about the nature of human persons are brought together with related debates in philosophy of religion and theology. Fifteen specially …
The Problem of Evil
Häftad, 2008
585 kr
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It is generally supposed that the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering, much of it truly horrible suffering, confronts those who believe in an all-powerful and benevolent Creator with a serious problem: to explain why such a Creator would permit this. Many reflective people are …
Do Numbers Exist?
A Debate about Abstract Objects
Av Peter van Inwagen, William Lane Craig
Häftad, 2024
461 kr
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In Do Numbers Exist? Peter van Inwagen and William Lane Craig take opposite sides on whether there are abstract objects, such as numbers and properties. Craig argues that there are no abstract objects, whereas Van Inwagen argues that there are. Their exchange explores various arguments about the …
Do Numbers Exist?
A Debate about Abstract Objects
Av Peter van Inwagen, William Lane Craig
Inbunden, 2024
2144 kr
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In Do Numbers Exist? Peter van Inwagen and William Lane Craig take opposite sides on whether there are abstract objects, such as numbers and properties. Craig argues that there are no abstract objects, whereas Van Inwagen argues that there are. Their exchange explores various arguments about the …
Ontology, Identity, and Modality
Essays in Metaphysics
Av Peter van Inwagen, Ernest Sosa m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1579 kr
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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 …
Ontology, Identity, and Modality
Essays in Metaphysics
Av Peter van Inwagen, Ernest Sosa
Häftad, 2001
455 kr
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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 …
God, Knowledge, and Mystery
Essays in Philosophical Theology
Häftad, 1995
390 kr
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In a book that will appeal to a general audience as well as philosophers of religion, a leading metaphysician tackles fundamental theological problems in a lucid and engaging manner. Peter van Inwagen begins with a provocative new introduction exploring the question of whether a philosopher such as …
Material Beings
Häftad, 1995
462 kr
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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 ResearchAccording to Peter van Inwagen, …
Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil
Av Peter Van Inwagen, Peter Van Inwagen
Häftad, 2004
324 kr
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This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.
Metaphysics
E-bok, 2024
779 kr
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This book is an introduction to metaphysics. It presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy, and addresses the following questions: What is metaphysics? Is there a plurality of things, or is there only one thing? Is there an external world, a world of things that exist independently of …
Metaphysics
E-bok, 2024
779 kr
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This book is an introduction to metaphysics. It presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy, and addresses the following questions: What is metaphysics? Is there a plurality of things, or is there only one thing? Is there an external world, a world of things that exist independently of …
Do Numbers Exist?
A Debate about Abstract Objects
Av William Lane Craig, Peter van Inwagen
E-bok, 2024
525 kr
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In Do Numbers Exist? Peter van Inwagen and William Lane Craig take opposite sides on whether there are abstract objects, such as numbers and properties. Craig argues that there are no abstract objects, whereas Van Inwagen argues that there are. Their exchange explores various arguments about the …
Do Numbers Exist?
A Debate about Abstract Objects
Av William Lane Craig, Peter van Inwagen
E-bok, 2024
525 kr
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In Do Numbers Exist? Peter van Inwagen and William Lane Craig take opposite sides on whether there are abstract objects, such as numbers and properties. Craig argues that there are no abstract objects, whereas Van Inwagen argues that there are. Their exchange explores various arguments about the …
Metaphysics
Häftad, 2024
768 kr
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This book is an introduction to metaphysics. It presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy, and addresses the following questions: What is metaphysics? Is there a plurality of things, or is there only one thing? Is there an external world, a world of things that exist independently of …
Metaphysics
Inbunden, 2024
2525 kr
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This book is an introduction to metaphysics. It presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy, and addresses the following questions: What is metaphysics? Is there a plurality of things, or is there only one thing? Is there an external world, a world of things that exist independently of …
Thinking about Free Will
Inbunden, 2017
1143 kr
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Peter van Inwagen, author of the classic book An Essay on Free Will (1983), has established himself over the last forty years as a leading figure in the philosophical debate about the problem of free will. This volume presents eleven influential essays from throughout his career, as well as two new …
Existence
Essays in Ontology
Häftad, 2014
439 kr
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The problem of the nature of being was central to ancient and medieval philosophy, and continues to be relevant today. In this collection of thirteen recent essays, Peter van Inwagen applies the techniques of analytical philosophy to a wide variety of problems in ontology and meta-ontology. Topics …
