Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction 英文原版 牛津通识系列：形而上学 Stephen Mumford

基本信息

By (author) Stephen Mumford

Format Paperback | 128 pages

Dimensions 113 x 173 x 8mm | 117g

Publication date 08 Sep 2012

Publisher Oxford University Press

Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom

Language English

Illustrations note c. 10 black and white illustrations

ISBN10 0199657122

ISBN13 9780199657124

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内容简介

Metaphysics is one of the traditional four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology. It is also an area that continues to attract and hold a fascination for many people yet it is associated with being complex and abstract. For some it is associated with the mystical or religious. For others it is known through the metaphysical poets who talk of love and spirituality.

This Very Short Introduction goes right to the heart of the matter, getting to the basic and most important questions of metaphysical thought in order to understand the theory: What are objects? Do colours and shapes have some form of existence? What is it for one thing to cause another rather than just being associated with it? What is possible? Does time pass?

By using these questions to initiate thought about the basic issues around substance, properties, changes, causes, possibilities, time, personal identity, nothingness and emergentism, Stephen Mumford provides a clear and simple path through this analytical tradition at the core of philosophical thought.

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形而上学是传统的哲学的四个主要分支之一，除了伦理，逻辑和认识论之外。这也是一个继续吸引着许多人并对其着迷的领域，但它又与复杂和抽象联系在一起。对于某些人来说，它与神秘的或宗教的有关。对于其他人来说，通过形而上学的诗人知道爱情和灵性。

这篇非常简短的导言直接涉及到问题的核心，涉及形而上学思想的基本和最重要的问题，以便理解该理论：什么是对象？颜色和形状是否存在某种形式的存在？一件事导致另一件事而不仅仅是与之相关联是什么？有什么可能？时间会流逝吗？

通过使用这些问题来发起有关实质，特性，变化，原因，可能性，时间，个人身份，虚无和紧急状态的基本问题的思考，斯蒂芬·芒福德通过哲学思想的核心通过这种分析传统提供了一条清晰而简单的道路。

关于系列：牛津大学出版社的“非常简短的介绍”系列包含几乎每个主题领域的数百种标题。这些袖珍本是快速在新学科上取得成功的理想方法。我们的专家作者结合了事实，分析，观点，新思想和热情，使有趣且具挑战性的主题更具可读性。

作者简介

Stephen Mumford is Professor of Metaphysics at the Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham. He is also Head of the School of Humanities and Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He has written many papers and books in metaphysics, including a number of more popular works intended for a non-specialist audience including articles in Times Higher Education magazine, encyclopaedias, and magazines. His most famous book is Dispositions (Oxford, 1998)

but he also authored Laws in Nature (Routledge, 2004), Getting Causes from Powers (with Rani Lill Anjum, Oxford, 2011) and Watching Sport: Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotions (Routledge, 2011). He is a frequent public speaker at both academic conferences and more popular events and has delivered talks in around 30 countries.

斯蒂芬·芒福德（Stephen Mumford）是诺丁汉大学哲学系的形而上学教授。他还是人文学院院长和艺术学院院长。他撰写了许多关于形而上学的论文和书籍，包括许多针对非专业读者的更流行的作品，包括《时代高等教育》杂志，百科全书和杂志上的文章。他*著名的书是《性情》（牛津，1998年），

但他也着有《自然法则》（Routledge，2004年），《从权力中获取原因》（与Rani Lill Anjum，牛津，2011年）和《观看体育：美学，伦理与情感》（Routledge， 2011）。他经常在学术会议和更受欢迎的活动中担任公共演讲者，并在约30个国家演讲。

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