Since its publication in 1959, Individuals has become a modern philosophical classic. Bold in scope and ambition, it continues to influence debates in metaphysics, philosophy of logic and language, and epistemology. Peter Strawson's most famous work, it sets out to describe nothing less than the basic subject matter of our thought. It contains Strawson's now famous argument for...(展开全部)

The purpose of the present study is to undertake a confrontation of the thought of Martin Heidegger and of Thomas Aquinas on the question of Being and the problem of metaphysics.

Thoroughly updated, the second edition of this highly successful textbook continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in metaphysics. In addition to updated material from the first edition, it presents entirely new sections on ontology and the metaphysics of material objects. One of the most comprehensive and authoritative me...(展开全部)

Metaphysics: An Introduction combines comprehensive coverage of the core elements of metaphysics with contemporary and lively debates within the subject. It provides a rigorous and yet accessible overview of a rich array of topics, connecting the abstract nature of metaphysics with the real world. Topics covered include: ■ Basic logic for metaphysics ■ An introduction to ontolo...(展开全部)

Metaphysics: An Introduction, Second Edition combines comprehensive coverage of the core elements of metaphysics with contemporary and lively debates within the subject. It provides a rigorous and yet accessible overview of a rich array of topics, connecting the abstract nature of metaphysics with the real world. Topics covered include: basic logic for metaphysics an introducti...(展开全部)

"Over the last several decades, metaphysics has been a particularly active and productive area of philosophy. Alyssa Ney's Metaphysics: An Introduction offers a superb introduction to this exciting field, covering the issues, claims, and arguments on fundamental topics, such as existence and persistence, material object, causation, modality, and the nature of metaphysics. While...(展开全部)

阿莉莎·奈伊（Alyssa Ney），加州大学戴维斯分校（UC Davis）哲学系前教授，现为德国慕尼黑大学（LMU Munich）哲学、科学哲学和宗教研究系教授，研究方向为形而上学、心灵哲学 和物理学哲学 ，著有《形而上学导论》（Metaphysics: An Introduction ，2014，2023）和《波函数里的世 界》（The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics，2021）等书。 译者简介： 谢沛宏，维也纳大学（University of Vienna）哲学博士在读，研究领域为形而上学、元哲学和科学哲学，另有译作《威廉斯论评集：1959-2002》（合译）。

乔治·斯坦纳(George steiner)，当代最杰出的知识分子之一，不列颠学会会员。1929年出生于法国巴黎，以德语、法语、英语为母语。先后在哈佛大学和牛津大学获得硕士及博士学位。曾任《经济学人》杂志编辑，后任教于普林斯顿大学、剑桥大学、日内瓦大学等知名学府，教授比较文学课程。研究领域涉及文学理论、比较文学，并提出了重要的“翻译四步骤”理论。斯坦纳著作等身，主要作品包括：《托尔斯泰或陀思妥耶夫斯基》、《悲剧之死》、《巴别塔之后》、《马丁·海德格尔》、《何谓比较文学》等。2007年，获得阿方索·雷耶斯国际奖。

乔治·斯坦纳(George steiner)，当代最杰出的知识分子之一，不列颠学会会员。1929年出生于法国巴黎，以德语、法语、英语为母语。先后在哈佛大学和牛津大学获得硕士及博士学位。曾任《经济学人》杂志编辑，后任教于普林斯顿大学、剑桥大学、日内瓦大学等知名学府，教授比较文学课程。研究领域涉及文学理论、比较文学，并提出了重要的“翻译四步骤”理论。斯坦纳著作等身，主要作品包括：《托尔斯泰或陀思妥耶夫斯基》、《悲剧之死》、《巴别塔之后》、《马丁·海德格尔》、《何谓比较文学》等。2007年，获得阿方索·雷耶斯国际奖。