What is real? How do we determine what the fundamental structures of reality are?
In this Questions in Christian Philosophy volume, philosopher Ross Inman offers an introduction to metaphysics. He introduces us to the tradition of metaphysics in Western philosophy, what it means to do metaphysics as a Christian, and considers timeless and universal inquiries into the central topics of metaphysics: identity, necessity and possibility, properties, universals, substances, and parts and wholes.
With this academic but accessible primer, readers will be introduced to the key topics explored in contemporary metaphysics.
The Questions in Christian Philosophy Series features introductory textbooks that offer students a Christian perspective on the various branches of philosophy, enabling them as they seek to understand all facets of life including existence, knowledge, ethics, art, and more.
Table of Content
List of Figures
List of ‘Getting Theological’ Callouts
Series Introduction: Questions in Christian Philosophy
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. What Is Metaphysics?
2. Are Metaphysical Discoveries Possible?
3. Doing Metaphysics as a Christian
4. Creaturely Existence
5. Classifying Creaturely Reality: Identity and Ontological Categories
6. Creaturely Natures: Essence and Modality
7. Creaturely Characteristics: Properties and Universals
8. Creaturely Objects: Substances
9. Creaturely Objects: Parts and Wholes
Conclusion: On Metaphysics and Mapmaking
Next Steps
General Index
Scripture Index
About the author
James K. Dew Jr. (Ph D, Southeastern Baptist) is associate professor of the history of ideas and philosophy and dean of the College at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the coauthor (with Mark W. Foreman) of How Do We Know? An Introduction to Epistemology and coeditor (with Chad Meister) of God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain.
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