2nd Edition

Metaphysics Contemporary Readings

By Michael Loux Copyright 2002
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

This Contemporary Introduction is for at students of metaphysics who have already done an introductory philosophy course. Michael J. Loux provides a fesh look as the central topics in metaphysics,rendering this essential reading for any student of the subject. This fully revised and updated version of the highly successful first edition includes a brand new chapter on the Realism/anti-Realism... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The problem of universals I; Chapter 2 The problem of universals II; Chapter 3 Concrete Part iculars I; Chapter 4 Propositions and their neighbors; Chapter 5 The necessary and the possible; Chapter 6 Concrete Part iculars II; Chapter 7 The challenge of anti-Realism;

Biography

Michael J. Loux is the George Schuster Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame University, Indiana. He is author of the forthcoming Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings, designed to accompany this text-book and also published by Routledge. His book Substance and Attribute (1978) is one of the major metaphysics books of recent years.