Metaphysics : The Fundamentals

Metaphysics: The Fundamentals presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics. Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophyIntroduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, Kit Fine, Peter van Inwagen, John Hawthorne and many othersExplores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principlesAddresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and time