Kris McDaniel

This Is Metaphysics

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Metaphysics—the philosophical study of the nature of reality—is a dynamic sub-field which encompasses many of the most fundamental and elusive questions in contemporary analytic philosophy. A concise and focused introduction to contemporary metaphysics, This is Metaphysics: An Introduction takes readers with minimal technical knowledge of the field on a guided tour of the intellectual landscape of the discipline.
Approachable and engaging, the book covers a broad range of key topics and principles in metaphysics, including classification, the nature and existence of properties, ontology, the nature of possibility and necessity, and fundamental questions concerning being and existence. Each chapter challenges readers to grapple with thought-provoking examples that build upon the seminal theoretical contributions of contemporary metaphysicians like Peter van Inwagen and David Lewis, and concludes with a “Doing Metaphysics”…
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  • Jan Nohas quoted2 years ago
    If creatures with interests are composite objects, then MDTC* has a counterexample. And If MDTC* has a counterexample, then MDTC* is false
  • Jan Nohas quoted2 years ago
    (MDTC*): In all possible cases, some objects make up a whole if and only if those objects are arranged in a way that is interesting to a conscious being.
  • Jan Nohas quoted2 years ago
    “Mind‐Dependence Theory of Composition,” or MDTC for short. We’ll state this theory as follows:
    (MDTC): In all possible cases, some objects make up a whole if and only if those objects are arranged in a way that is interesting to us.

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