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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankAnIntroductiontoMetaphysicsThisbookisanaccessibleintroductiontothecentralthemesofcontemporarymetaphysics.Itcarefullyconsidersaccountsofcausation,freedomanddeterminism,lawsofnature,personalidentity,mentalstates,time,materialobjects,andproperties,whileinvitingstudentsto
2、reflectonmetaphysicalproblems.Thephilosophicalquestionsdiscussedinclude:Whatmakesitthecasethatoneeventcausesanotherevent?Whatarematerialobjects?Giventhatmaterialobjectsexist,dosuchthingsaspropertiesexist?Whatmakesitthecasethatapersonmayexistattwodifferenttimes?AnIntroductiontoMetaphysicsmakesthese
3、toughquestionstractablebypresentingthefeaturesandflawsofcurrentattemptstoanswerthem.Intendedprimarilyforstudentstakingafirstcourseinmetaphysics,thislucidandwell-writtentextisalsoanexcellentintroductionforanyoneinterestedinknowingmoreaboutanimportantareaofphilosophy.johnw.carrollisProfessorofPhilos
4、ophyatNorthCarolinaStateUniversity.HeistheauthorofLawsofNature(Cambridge,1994).nedmarkosianisProfessorofPhilosophyatWesternWashingtonUniversity.AnIntroductiontoMetaphysicsJoHNW.CArrollNorthCarolinaStateUniversityNedMArkoSIANWesternWashingtonUniversityCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbo
5、urne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPaulo,Delhi,Dubai,TokyoCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521826297©JohnW.CarrollandNedMarkosian2010Thisp
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