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- catalog abstract ""This book gathers together thirteen of Peter van Inwagen's essays on metaphysics, several of which have acquired the status of modern classics in their field. They range widely across such topics as Quine's philosophy of quantification, the ontology of fiction, the part-whole relations, the theory of "temporal parts," and human knowledge of modal truths. In addition, van Inwagen considers the question as to whether the psychological continuity theory of personal identity is compatible with materialism, and defends the thesis that possible states of affairs are abstract objects, in opposition to David Lewis's "extreme model realism." A specially written introduction completes the collection, which will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in metaphysics."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12068074.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""This book gathers together thirteen of Peter van Inwagen's essays on metaphysics, several of which have acquired the status of modern classics in their field. They range widely across such topics as Quine's philosophy of quantification, the ontology of fiction, the part-whole relations, the theory of "temporal parts," and human knowledge of modal truths. In addition, van Inwagen considers the question as to whether the psychological continuity theory of personal identity is compatible with materialism, and defends the thesis that possible states of affairs are abstract objects, in opposition to David Lewis's "extreme model realism." A specially written introduction completes the collection, which will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in metaphysics."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Ontology. 1. Meta-ontology. 2. Why I don't understand substitutional quantification. 3. Creatures of fiction. 4. Why is there anything at all? -- pt. II. Identity. 5. The doctrine of arbitrary undetached parts. 6. Composition as identity. 7. Four-dimensional objects. 8. Temporal parts and identity across time. 9. Materialism and the psychological-continuity account of personal identity -- pt. III. Modality. 10. Indexicality and actuality. 11. Plantinga on trans-world identity. 12. Two concepts of possible worlds. 13. Modal epistemology.".
- catalog extent "ix, 261 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521791642 (hb)".
- catalog identifier "0521795486 (pb)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "110 21".
- catalog subject "B945.V353 O58 2001".
- catalog subject "Identity (Philosophical concept)".
- catalog subject "Modality (Theory of knowledge)".
- catalog subject "Ontology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Ontology. 1. Meta-ontology. 2. Why I don't understand substitutional quantification. 3. Creatures of fiction. 4. Why is there anything at all? -- pt. II. Identity. 5. The doctrine of arbitrary undetached parts. 6. Composition as identity. 7. Four-dimensional objects. 8. Temporal parts and identity across time. 9. Materialism and the psychological-continuity account of personal identity -- pt. III. Modality. 10. Indexicality and actuality. 11. Plantinga on trans-world identity. 12. Two concepts of possible worlds. 13. Modal epistemology.".
- catalog title "Ontology, identity, and modality : essays in metaphysics / Peter van Inwagen.".
- catalog type "text".