Material Beings

Material Beings
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9781501713033
ISBN-13 : 1501713035
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Book Synopsis Material Beings by : Peter Van Inwagen

Download or read book Material Beings written by Peter Van Inwagen and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1990-12-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Peter van Inwagen, visible inanimate objects do not, strictly speaking, exist. In defending this controversial thesis, he offers fresh insights on such topics as personal identity, commonsense belief, existence over time, the phenomenon of vagueness, and the relation between metaphysics and ordinary language.


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