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The possibility of metaphysics : substance, identity, and time / E.J. Lowe

Author
Lowe, E. J. (E. Jonathan)
Published
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 275 pages)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
1. The Possibility of Metaphysics -- 2. Objects and Identity -- 3. Identity and Unity -- 4. Time and Persistence -- 5. Persistence and Substance -- 6. Substance and Dependence -- 7. Primitive Substances -- 8. Categories and Kinds -- 9. Matter and Form -- 10. Abstract Entities -- 11. Facts and the World -- 12. The Puzzle of Existence.
Summary
Lowe argues that metaphysics should occupy a central position in philosophy as a fundamental form of rational inquiry that underpins all other disciplines. Lowe seeks to answer many of the deepest and most challenging questions in philosophy.
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ISBN
9780191519147 (electronic bk.)
0191519146 (electronic bk.)
9780191597930 (ebook)
0191597937 (ebook)
1282051857
9781282051850
9786612051852
661205185X
0198236832 (alk. paper) 0199244995 9780199244997
9780198236832
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index.
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