Philosophy

Metaphysics by Peter van Inwagen With thoughtful and engaging prose, noted scholar Peter van Inwagen provides a comprehensive introduction to metaphysics in this essential text. Metaphysics covers the gamut of historical and contemporary arguments of metaphysics, engaging readers through three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world? Why is there a world? And, what is the place of human beings in the world?

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction by Michael Loux Metaphysics: A Contemporar Introduction is aimed at students of metaphysics who have already completed an introductory philosophy course. Wherever possible, Loux links contemporary views to their classical sources in the history of philosophy.

Metaphysics and Its Task by Jorge J. E. Gracia Metaphysics and the Modern World makes the abiding questions of the nature of the self, world, and God available for the modern reader. Donald Phillip Verene presents these questions in both their systematic and historical dimensions, beginning with Aristotle's claim in his Metaphysics that philosophy begins in wonder.