Material Beings

Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press (1990)
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According to Peter van Inwagen, visible inanimate objects do not, strictly speaking, exist. In defending this controversial thesis, he offers fresh insights on such topics as personal identity, commonsense belief, existence over time, the phenomenon of vagueness, and the relation between metaphysics and ordinary language.

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BD311.V35 1990

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9781501713033   9780801483066   0801483069   0801419697   1501713035

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10.7591/9781501713033

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