ABSTRACT

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction is aimed at students of metaphysics who have already completed an introductory philosophy course. This third edition of the successful textbook provides a fresh look at key topics in metaphysics and includes two new chapters on time and causation.
Wherever possible, Loux links contemporary views to their classical sources in the history of philosophy. This new edition also keeps the user-friendly format, the chapter overviews summarizing the main topics and examples to clarify difficult concepts.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|38 pages

The problem of universals II: nominalism

chapter 4|32 pages

Propositions and their neighbors

chapter 5|34 pages

The necessary and the possible

chapter 6|18 pages

Causation

chapter 7|25 pages

The nature of time

chapter 9|37 pages

The challenge of anti-Realism