Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology

Tim Crane has taught philosophy at University College London since 1990. He took his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1989.Katalin Farkas graduated in mathematics and philosophy from the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and she took her PhD in philosophy from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1998.

• I GOD; II REALISM AND IDEALISM; INTRODUCTION; III BEING; INTRODUCTION; PART IV UNIVERSALS AND PARTICULARS; INTRODUCTION; PART V NECESSITY; INTRODUCTION; PART VI CAUSATION; INTRODUCTION; VII TIME AND SPACE; INTRODUCTION; PART VIII IDENTITY; INTRODUCTION; PART IX MIND AND BODY; INTRODUCTION; X FREEDOM AND DETERMINISM; INTRODUCTION

This is the best anthology of metaphysics that I know of. It covers all the right topics with a good mix of classic and contemporary articles. Especially useful are the simple, elegant introductions to the various sections of the anthology