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The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics

ISBN: 978-0-631-22121-0

July 2002

Wiley-Blackwell

360 pages

Description

The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics is a definitive introduction to the core areas of metaphysics. It brings together sixteen internationally respected philosophers that demonstrate how metaphysics is done as they examine topics including causation, temporality, ontology, personal identity, idealism, and realism.

About the Author

Richard M. Gale is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of On the Nature and Existence of God (1991) and The Divided Self of William James (1999).

Features

  • Presents a definitive introduction to the core areas of metaphysics

  • Contains 16 newly-commissioned articles, all of which are written by internationally distinguished scholars

  • Each chapter reviews a problem, examines the current state of the discipline with respect to the topic, and discusses possible futures of the field


  • Provides a solid foundation for further study