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Metaphysics The Classic Readings

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ISBN-10: 0631213252

ISBN-13: 9780631213253

Edition: 2000

Authors: David E. Cooper

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Chronologically arranged, this anthology contains primary readings on metaphysics, stretching from presocratic views of reality, such as Heraclitus and Permenides, up to Russell. The text includes many of the principal classics.
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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/3/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

#60;b#62;David E. Cooper#60;/b#62; is Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at Durham University. His many books include #60;i#62;World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction#60;/i#62; (Blackwell, 1996, 2002); #60;i#62;Existentialism: A Reconstruction#60;/i#62; (Blackwell, 1990, 1999); #60;i#62;and The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery#60;/i#62; (2002).#60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Peter S. Fosl#60;/b#62; is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University. Recipient of the 2006 Acorn Award for Kentucky's outstanding university professor of the year, Fosl is co-author with Julian Baggini of #60;i#62;The Ethics Toolkit#60;/i#62; (Blackwell, 2007) #60;i#62;and The…    

Series Preface
Introduction
Selected Chapters
Plato, Phaedrus 245-50: Plato
Metaphysics Books VII-VIII (Selected Chapters): Aristotle
Sayings On 'Conditioned Genesis'
Lalitavistara, XIII 95-117
Dedication and Chapter 25: Gotama (The Buddha)
Brahmasutrabhasya (Selections): Samkara
Principles of Philosophy Part I: Rene: Descartes
Ethics Part I: Benedict De Spinoza
An Essay Concernin g Human Understanding Book II, Chapters 8 and 23 (1-11)
Monadology
The Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I: 1-37
Critique of Pure Reason Second Edition, Transcendental Aesthetic, 1-3, 8
The World As Will and Representation, Vol II, Chapter 18
An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, Chapter 11
Appearance and Reality, Chapters 13 and 14
'The One and The Many'
The Philosophy of Logical Atomism, Lecture VIII
A. N. Whitehead, Process and Reality, Part I, Chapters 1 and 2 (Selected Sections)
Being and Time, 14-15, 19, 21
Index