There is more to metaphysics than was taken up in the first edition. In the past century, many philosophers have thought hard about what (if anything) ethical evaluations are really about, and in the past few decades, many philosophers have been thinking hard about what (if anything) metaphysical research accomplishes. This second edition includes two new chapters, ‘The Metaphy...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Janusz Korczak was a Polish physician and educator who wrote over twenty books--his fiction was in his time as well known as Peter Pan , and his nonfiction works bore passionate messages of child advocacy. During World War II, the Jewish orphanage he directed was relocated to the Warsaw ghetto. Although Korczak's celebrity afforded him many chances to escape, he refuse...(展开全部)

马文・哈里斯是当代著名的人类学家，先后出版了二十多种专著，其中《文化唯物主义》和《文化的起源》等，在20世纪80年代均有了中译本。他的著述风格十分鲜明，观点独到，视野开阔，高深而又平易，雄辩而又详实。 马文・哈里斯的研究思路代表着学术发展的一种前沿方向，即从自然科学与人文社会科学的结合部上去探索，动用各种可能的学科资源去求解人与文化之谜。《好吃：食物与文化之谜》正是这种方法的极好例证。

马文・哈里斯是当代著名的人类学家，先后出版了二十多种专著，其中《文化唯物主义》和《文化的起源》等，在20世纪80年代均有了中译本。他的著述风格十分鲜明，观点独到，视野开阔，高深而又平易，雄辩而又详实。 马文・哈里斯的研究思路代表着学术发展的一种前沿方向，即从自然科学与人文社会科学的结合部上去探索，动用各种可能的学科资源去求解人与文化之谜。《好吃：食物与文化之谜》正是这种方法的极好例证。

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作者简介 厄尔·康尼（Earl　Conee）　美国罗切斯特大学哲学系教授。主要研究领域为伦理学、认识论、心灵哲学，教学课程包括伦理学、知识论等。著有《证据主义》（Evidentialism，与Richard Feldman合著，2004）等。 西奥多·赛德（Theodore　Sider）　美国罗格斯大学哲学系教授。主要研究领域为形而上学、哲学逻辑、语言哲学、物理哲学，教学课程包括逻辑、数学哲学等。著有《四维主义》（Four-Dimensionalism，2001）、《为哲学的逻辑》（Logic for Philosophy，2010）、《书写世界之书》（Writing the Book of the World，2011）、《形而上学工具与科学形而上学》（The Tools of Metaphysics and the Metaphysics of ...(展开全部)

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 stim...(展开全部)

Now in its second edition, Riddles of Existence is the first book to make metaphysics genuinely accessible and fun. Its lively, informal style brings metaphysical questions to life and shows how stimulating it can be to think about them. Earl Conee and Theodore Sider offer a lucid discussion of the major topics in metaphysics. What makes me the same person I was as a child? Is ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Thirteen amazing photgraphs filled with fun objects to search and find! Contents includes "The Hidden Clue," "The Birthday Hunt," "The Mystrious Monster," "The Ghost in the Attic," "Lost in Marbles," and more!More than 850,000 copies of I Spy Mystery have been sold in hardcover!

在线阅读本书 This bestselling book features riddles that send readers searching for hidden objects in 12 photographs with treasure hunt themes.