{"product_id":"begin-metaphysics-intro-text-paperback","title":"Begin Metaphysics Intro Text - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeimir Geirsson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Losonsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis flexible textbook is both an introduction and a reader in metaphysics combining original discussion with selections from primary sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis flexible textbook is both an introduction and a reader in metaphysics combining original discussion with selections from primary sources. This text shows that important social, political and moral concerns involve metaphysical questions and that important metaphysical positions have practical implications. It discusses major metaphysical topics such as God, Freedom, Mind, Causality, Value, and Universals as well as important historical and contemporary critiques of metaphysics. Each chapter is followed by selections from classic and contemporary texts, allowing for in-depth study of primary sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeimir Geirsson\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University. He is the co-editor, with Michael Losonsky, of \u003ci\u003eReadings in Language and Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishers, 1996) and has published on philosophy of language and mind, metaphysics, and epistemology in \u003ci\u003eAustralasian Journal of Philosophy, Erkenntnis, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJournal of Philosophical Research.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Losonsky\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is the co-editor, with Heimir Geirsson, of \u003ci\u003eReadings in Language and Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishers, 1996). He has published on contemporary metaphysics in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Philosophical Quarterly, Minds and Machines, Philosophical Review, Philosophical Studies, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy, \u003c\/i\u003e amongst others. He has also published on metaphysics in the history of modern philosophy in \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy, Journal of the History of Philosophy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePragmatics and Cognition, \u003c\/i\u003e among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 10.1 x 7.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730524180543,"sku":"9781557867292","price":147.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c735ca6f842238c30f676b6e94cbfcba.webp?v=1765126116","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/begin-metaphysics-intro-text-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}