{"product_id":"metaphysics-the-fundamentals-9781405195737","title":"Metaphysics: The Fundamentals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetaphysics: The Fundamentals\u003c\/i\u003e presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert C. Koons\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eParadoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003e Realism Regained\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Waning of Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTimothy Pickavance\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Talbot Department of Philosophy at Biola University, La Mirada, California. He has published a number of papers on topics relating to metaphysics and epistemology.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334515757330,"sku":"9781405195737","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc12b986-46b5-47cb-9744-dc641136edae.jpg?v=1727890271","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/metaphysics-the-fundamentals-9781405195737","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}