Beyond Experience : : Metaphysical Theories and Philosophical Constraints /

Beyond Experience : : Metaphysical Theories and Philosophical Constraints / / Norman Swartz.

Shedding light on a subject that too often seems mysterious and remote, Norman Swartz puts a human face on the study of metaphysics. Far from being the exclusive handiwork of professional philosophers, Swartz argues, metaphysical theories lie just below the surface of every person's own world-v...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Swartz, Norman,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1991
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Presenting philosophy
  • 2. The metaphysical impulse
  • 3. Theories: What they are and what they are not
  • 4. Underdeterminism (I)
  • 5. Underdeterminism (II)
  • 6. Putting concepts under stress (I)
  • 7. Putting concepts under stress (II) - Pains
  • 8. Space and time
  • 9. Properties
  • 10. Individuation
  • 11. Identity-through-time
  • 12. Persons
  • Glossary
  • Further reading
  • References
  • Names index
  • Subject index

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