Preface Preparatory Background: Logic for Metaphysics 1. An Introduction to Ontology 2. Abstract Entities 3. Material Objects 4. Critiques of Metaphysics 5. Time 6. Persistence 7. Modality 8. Causation 9. Free Will 10. The Metaphysics of Race (with Allan Hazlett). Glossary Index
Alyssa Ney is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California - Davis, USA. She is editor (with David Albert) of The Wave Function: Essays in the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics (2013).
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Philosophy, Bucknell University, USA"[Metaphysics: An Introduction]
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Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia,
Canada"Exemplary clarity and concision...The author has presented
some difficult material in a light, brisk and appealing style." -
Barry Lee, Department of Philosophy, University of York, UK
"An up-to-date, well-written text that is both challenging and
accessible. I think that the greatest strengths of the book are its
science-friendliness and the interweaving of under-represented
issues, such as social construction, race, and numbers, with
traditionally-favoured topics." - Matthew Slater, Department of
Philosophy, Bucknell University, USA"Exemplary clarity and
concision...The author has presented some difficult material in a
light, brisk and appealing style." - Barry Lee, Department of
Philosophy, University of York, UK"An excellent introduction…some
very complicated and important work is made accessible to students,
without either assuming background knowledge or over-simplifying."
- Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins, Department of Philosophy, University of
British Columbia, Canada "This book will serve as an excellent
introduction to contemporary metaphysics. The issues and arguments
are well chosen and explained with a carefulness and rigor ideal
for beginning students. The teaching-oriented materials, which
include a helpful overview of elementary logic, are useful
additions to Ney's expert discussion." - Sam Cowling, Philosophy
Department, Denison University, USA"Over the last several decades,
metaphysics has been a particularly active and productive area of
philosophy. Alyssa Ney's Metaphysics: An Introduction offers a
superb introduction to this exciting field, covering the issues,
claims, and arguments on fundamental topics, such as existence and
persistence, material object, causation, modality, and the nature
of metaphysics. While the presentation is admirable in its clarity
and accessibility, Ney does not shy away from sophisticated
problems and theories, many of them from recent developments in the
field, and she succeeds in infusing them with immediacy and
relevance. The reader has a sense of being a fellow companion on
Ney's journey of exploration into some fascinating metaphysical
territories. This is the best introduction to contemporary
metaphysics that I know." - Jaegwon Kim, Professor of Philosophy,
Brown University, USA"This is a terrific text. In a remarkably
short space Alyssa Ney manages to be simultaneously comprehensive,
authoritative and deep. She gives a cutting-edge account of all the
standard topics, and for good measure adds an illuminating
discussion of the metaphysics of race. This will be not only be a
boon to students, but also a valuable resource for more experienced
philosophers." - David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy, Kings
College London, UK"One of the best introductions to metaphysics
available. It covers a wide range of contemporary topics in
metaphysics, giving a clear, accessible yet substantive account of
the key questions and issues and providing an up to date account of
the current debate. It's the text I'd choose for my own course on
the subject." - L.A. Paul - Professor of Philosophy University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
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