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BL
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739375
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b559297
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Peter van Inwagen.
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Metaphysics\ Peter van Inwagen.
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| Edition Statement
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3rd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Boulder, CO: Westview Press, ©2009.
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(x, 329 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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0786744898
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: 0813343569
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: 9780786744893
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: 9780813343563
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| Notes
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A Member of the Perseus Books Group.
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| Contents
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Preface to the Third Edition ix; 1 Introduction 1; PART ONE: THE WAY THE WORLD IS 23; INTRODUCTION 23; 2 Individuality 27; 3 Externality 53; 4 Temporality 71; 5 Objectivity 93; PART TWO: WHY THE WORLD IS 109; INTRODUCTION 109; 6 Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument 115; 7 Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument 145; PART THREE: THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD 169; INTRODUCTION 169; 8 What Rational Beings Are There? 175; 9 The Place of Rational Beings in the World: Design and Purpose 187; 10 The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Physicalism 209.
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| Abstract
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This core text introducing readers to the field of metaphysics is now revised and updated with a new chapter on being.
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| Subject
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Metaphysics.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics.
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| LC Classification
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BD111.P484 2009
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| Added Entry
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Peter Van Inwagen
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