Metaphysics | Philosophy

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This book is an introduction to metaphysics. It presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy and addresses the following questions: What is metaphysics? Is there a plurality of things or is there only one thing? Is there an external world a world of things that exist independently of human thought and sensation? What is time? Is there such a thing as objective truth? Why is there something rather than nothing? Does our existence have a meaning? Are we physical or non-physical beings? Do we have free will? Are there things that do not exist? Do universals exist? This Fifth Edition differs from the Fourth in that the long previously difficult chapter on time has been extensively rewri…