This essential core text introduces readers to metaphysics. In thoughtful and engaging prose, Peter van Inwagen examines three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world? Why is there a world? And, what is the place of human beings in the world? The third edition includes an entirely new chapter on ontology. The new chapter presents a theory of the nature of being and proceeds to apply this theory to two problems of ontology: the problem of non-existent objects and the problem of universals. Equally valuable as a textbook in a university course or an introduction to metaphysical thinking for the interested layperson, Metaphysics remains a fascinating book for a wide range of readers, from first-time students to the most sophisticated philosophers. Contents 1. Introduction Part One: The Way the World Is
2. Individuality
3. Externality
4. Temporality
5. Objectivity Part Two: Why the World Is
6. Necessary Being: The Ontological Argument
7. Necessary Being: The Cosmological Argument Part Three: The Inhabitants of the World
8. What Rational Beings Are There?
9. The Place of Rational Beings in the World: Design and Purpose
10. The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Physicalism
11. The Nature of Rational Beings: Dualism and Personal Identity
12. The Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will
13. Concluding Meditation
14. Coda: Being
具体描述
读后感
这本书就内容而言相當不错。书中序言和第一章详细介绍何为形而上学，后面分章节讲述形上学最重要的一些问题。作者对每个问题均给出多种正反观点与论证，并以尽可能公正的态度进行对比、评析；往来交锋中，精彩內容俯拾即是。总之，内容能给5颗星。 但是不得不说本书的翻译实在...
评分如作者所言，本书即可以作为没有哲学基础的一般读者的入门书，也可以供哲学专业的同学学习和思考形而上学问题之用（这时候可能需要补充一些哲学史和哲学原著）。 贯穿全书的是一系列问题，而书的三部分就正是对应了三个形而上学核心问题： 1. 世界是怎样的？世界的最一般特征是...
评分如果有一门学问可以通过自嘲获得人们的同情和热爱，通过回顾自己被拉下王座、墙倒众推的历史来博得人们的肃然起敬，通过不断叙述自己如何被对手殴打的遍体鳞伤逐出各个理性领域而引发人们对其价值的肯定，那么它无疑是形上学。
评分近日在看一本今人写的教材《形而上学》，在其中讨论的诸多问题之外蹦出一个问题来：什么是理性？ 是的，形而上学讨论根本的存在。相当多的形而上学问题中都有“理性”这个字眼。关于理性存在物的，关于宇宙是否是被理性地创造的。理性未加省视地被赋予了褒义，成为一种高级的...
评分豆瓣上面显示的作者是“因瓦根”，这是不对的；作者的名字是彼得，姓是“van Inwagen”。而因瓦根不能单独作为名字来用。这样作者会很生气哦：）
用户评价
This damn book is killing me. And I hate Bradley!!
评分俺表示本体论证明那章很给力~
评分P74-75:we call the aggregate of fixed moments pastward from the moment “the past” and the aggregate of fixed moments furtureward from the moment “the furture”。Thus the past is continuously growing and the furture contituously shriking。Many have found it natural to picture time as a river flowing furtureward，and to pic us the inhabitants of time
评分P74-75:we call the aggregate of fixed moments pastward from the moment “the past” and the aggregate of fixed moments furtureward from the moment “the furture”。Thus the past is continuously growing and the furture contituously shriking。Many have found it natural to picture time as a river flowing furtureward，and to pic us the inhabitants of time
评分好评！
相关图书
本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息，本站不存储任何数据与内容，任何内容与数据均与本站无关，如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度，google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 book.quotespace.org All Rights Reserved. 小美书屋 版权所有