Metaphysics

<p><i>Metaphysics: The Fundamentals</i> presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics.</p> <ul> <li>Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy</li> <li>Introduces 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 others</li> <li>Explores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principles</li> <li>Addresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and time</li> </ul>