Metaphysics: A Guided Tour for Beginners
- ISBN-10
- 1475055404
- ISBN-13
- 9781475055405
- Series
- Metaphysics
- Category
- First philosophy
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Tomasz Bigaj
Description
"This book contains a concise introduction to one of the most fundamental branches of philosophy, which deals with reality and its nature. Among the topics discussed are such metaphysical questions as 'Are we fundamentally free?', 'Does time really pass?', 'Are there any abstract objects?', 'What is causation?', 'What are necessary and possible truths?'. The book is aimed at absolute novices with no previous knowledge of philosophy. For those who would like to pursue the subject a bit deeper, the book comes equipped with an extend list of further reading."-- Back cover.
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- 2019-04-01
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