On Metaphysics

ON METAPHYSICS provides you with an accessible, thought-provoking introduction to the basic concepts of metaphysics by one of the subject's leading contemporary scholars. This engaging work will help students discover both the history and the current understanding of many perennial philosophical enquiries: the ultimate nature of reality, the nature of the mind, and the question of freewill and determinism. THE WADSWORTH PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS SERIES (under the general editorship of Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt University) presents readers with concise, timely, and insightful introductions to a variety of traditional and contemporary philosophical subjects. With this series, students of philosophy will be able to discover the richness of philosophical inquiry across a wide array of concepts, including hallmark philosophical themes and themes typically underrepresented in mainstream philosophy publishing. Written by a distinguished list of scholars who have garnered particular recognition for their excellence in teaching, this series presents the vast sweep of today's philosophical exploration in highly accessible and affordable volumes. These books will prove valuable to philosophy teachers and their students as well as to other readers who share a general interest in philosophy.Dipert is the author of 'On Metaphysics ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780495008873 and ISBN 0495008877.