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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.Description: viii, 275 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0198236832 (alk. paper)
  • 9780198236832 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 110 L913P 21
LOC classification:
  • BD111 .L68 1998
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index.

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.

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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