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Throughout he covers all of the basic problems and terminology in metaphysics today: inviduation, externality, objective realism, free will, mind-body problem, etc. earned his PhD from the University of Rochester under the direction of Richard Taylor and Keith Lehrer. Not only will you be greatly challenged, you will learn some good metaphysics and how to engage in metaphysical analysis. In addition, the author has enhanced clarity throughout the text with improvements to word choice, sentence structure, and paragraph lucidity. El libro recorre algunas de las preguntas más famosas de la metafísica y sus argumentos o perspectivas más influyentes.

But now the book has given me the tools to talk more about it with my contemporaries and make more sense of it in arguments and readings in other subjects. In my experience with metaphysics, it is a very rare skill to accurately and clearly analyze the topics surveyed in van Inwagen's text. El ejemplo más sencillo que se me viene a la mente es cuando empieza a lidiar con los múltiples mundos y con el principio de razón suficiente: ¿qué significa una razón? Y el problema es que esa deficiencia se extiende incluso para las ideas que el autor insinúa son sus convicciones.

Is there an external world, a world of things that exist independently of human thought and sensation? Y mientras que "la forma de la Tierra" es una pregunta que se puede responder, al menos con la certidumbre del consenso científico, en las cuestiones metafísicas lo que aquí fue una parodia, un absurdo gracioso, en la exposición del libro se convierte en una lectura frustrante. El principal problema del libro es que nunca define sus objetos ni el alcance de sus principios, por lo que las luengas explicaciones de los argumentos y los supuestos contrargumentos son un montón de palabras que debemos asumir conocido su significado y cómo se relaciona. The author is humble enough to recognize that thoughts and emotions are presently beyond our understanding, but makes arguments on intuitive grounds - and intuition on it’s own lack reliability and a case stronger than personal preference. This book is an introduction to metaphysics and it presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy.

Want to read a thick textbook and come out with no real answers and more questions than you started with? Aun si asumiéramos que nuestra percepción y cómo estas son dadas se sustentan sobre una realidad objetiva (cosa que, además, discute apenas hacia el final del libro), jamás establece la validez de algunas de las preguntas planteadas pasando por el más simple "¿por qué vemos/sentimos/pensamos así las cosas? Personally, I disagreed with him more often than not, but that simply embroiled me in this text even more.El único aviso que tengo que hacer es que hacia la mitad del libro estaba tan molesto con él, que terminarlo fue un acto de necedad, por lo que mi crítica puede que este sesgada por lo absurdo de la exposición. In this classic, exciting, and thoughtful text, Metaphysics , Peter van Inwagen examines three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world? This in and of itself is a bold move (not many hold to the conjunction of these two, but those who do are very smart guys, e. The new chapter presents a theory of the nature of being and proceeds to apply this theory to two problems of ontology: the problem of non-existent objects and the problem of universals.

This second edition, revised though not fundamentally changed, includes the basis of the first edition with a new chapter on the nature of time. The book clarified the subject for me, because since I have been studying Philosophy I haven't really fully understood the subject. Pretende ser una introducción a la metafísica no solo para estudiantes de filosofía sino para el lector casual. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Gifford Lecturer, and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews. Ahora, la debilidad de su exposición no es por una cuestión de desacuerdo en los fundamentos o principios, no es porque coincidan o no con una idea preconcebida, sino porque las reglas del juego nunca son claras (me atrevería a decir que, por la manera en que maneja la idea de múltiples mundos y su extraña concepción sobre lo que múltiples universos significan, hasta la lógica clásica parece ser una convenencia que no se sostiene por la manera en que parece aceptar proposiciones contradictorias).

Finally, the Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading at the end of each chapter and the General Bibliography have all been brought up to date. On the other hand, the new editions "part III" on ontology is one of the best expositions of this metaphysical specialty (see also E. This book covers the gamut of historical and contemporary arguments of metaphysics, engaging readers through three profound questions: what are the most general features of the world, why is there a world and what is the place of human beings in the world? A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is the author of numerous books, including Ontology, Identity, and Modality and Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil.

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