Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics

• A leading metaphysician sets out his philosophical worldview
• The summation of Armstrong's highly influential work over five decades
• Very clearly written - suitable for students as well as scholars

Readership: Scholars and students of philosophy, particularly metaphysics.

D. M. Armstrong, formerly University of Sydney

David Armstrong was Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney until his retirement in 1992.

Review(s) from previous edition

"a model of clarity and rich in ideas ... it is a pleasure, as always, to wrestle with the deep philosophical questions that Armstrong continues to present us with so vivaciously. - E. J. Lowe, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Preface
1: Introduction
2: Properties
3: Relations
4: States of Affairs
5: Laws of Nature
6: Reacting to Dispositionalism
7: Particulars
8: Truthmakers
9: Possibility, Actuality, Necessity
10: Limits
11: Absences
12: The Rational disciplines: Logic and Mathematics
13: Numbers
14: Classes
15: Time
16: Mind
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