METAPHYSICS A CONTEMPORARY INTRODUCTION THIRD EDITION

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction is aimed at students of metaphysics who have already completed an introductory philosophy course. This third edition of the successful textbook provides a fresh look at key topics in metaphysics and includes two new chapters on time and causation.
Wherever possible, Loux links contemporary views to their classical sources in the history of philosophy. This new edition also keeps the user-friendly format, the chapter overviews summarizing the main topics and examples to clarify difficult concepts.

Introduction  1. The Problem of Universals.  Metaphysical Realism  2. The Problem of Universals.   Nominalism  3. Concrete Particulars.  Substrata, Bundles and Substances  4. Propositions and their Neighbours  5. The Necessary and the Possible  6. Causation  7. The Nature of Time  8. Concrete Particulars 2: Persistence through Time  9. The Challenge of Anti-Realism  Bibliography  Index