Author Description

The text contains both classic and contemporary readings so that professors can ground the study of contemporary views by exposing students to the traditional theories that serve as a backdrop to modern development. The text focuses on five topics that have high student interest, as well as historical and systematic importance in the development of general metaphysical positions: time, identity, mind, freedom, and reality. By focusing on the development of metaphysical views in five areas, the text avoids the superficiality of a smorgasbord approach.