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Riddles of Existence Earl Conee

Riddles of Existence By Earl Conee

Riddles of Existence by Earl Conee

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Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics by Earl Conee

The questions of metaphysics are the deepest and most puzzling questions there are. What is time? Am I free in my actions? What makes me the same person I was as a child? What is it for one thing to cause another? Riddles of Existence is the first book ever to make metaphysics genuinely accessible and fun. Its lively, informal style brings the riddles to life and shows how stimulating it can be to think about them. No philosophical background is required to enjoy this book: anyone who has thought about life's most profound questions will find plenty to provoke and entertain them here.

Riddles of Existence Reviews

Review from previous edition A series of hors d'oeuvres for intellectual diners... The entertainment value lies in picking one's way through ingenious arguments, encountering along the way basic ideas like the law of the excluded middle and the principle of sufficient reason... Mr. Conee and Mr. Sider like to start with a common-sense, real-life question-Why is the person in my baby picture the same as the person I see in the mirror today?-and then pick apart the comfortable assumptions that carry most of us through life... The questions are big. Do things occur by accident or necessity? Do humans have free will? Why does anything exist? Nothing is resolved, but a lot is discussed, and some famous arguments, like St. Anselm's devilishly clever proof of the existence of God, are presented clearly and understandably. William Grimes, The New York Times

About Earl Conee


Earl Conee is Professor of Philosophy at University of Rochester
Theodore Sider is Frederick Whiton Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University

Table of Contents

Introduction ; 1. Personal Identity ; 2. Fatalism ; 3. Time ; 4. God ; 5. Why Not Nothing? ; 6. Free Will and Determinism ; 7. Constitution ; 8. Universals ; 9. Possibility and Necessity ; 10. What is Metaphysics

Additional information

GOR002046296
9780199215188
0199215189
Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics by Earl Conee
Earl Conee
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2007-07-19
224
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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