1. fejezet: Mi a metafizika?

5-1. Ajánlott irodalom

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- Hamlyn, D. W. (1984/1992) Metaphysics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-10.

- Huoranszki, Ferenc (2001) Modern metafizika, Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, pp. 15-38.

- Loux, Michael J. (1998) Metaphysics, A Contemporary Introduction, London/New York: Routledge, pp. 1-18.

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- Maudlin, Tim (2003) 'Distilling Metaphysics from Quantum Physics', in Michael J. Loux and Dean W. Zimmerman (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 461-87.

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- van Inwagen, Peter (1998) 'The Nature of Metaphysics', in Stephen Laurence and Cynthia Macdonald (eds.) Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics, Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 11-21.

- van Inwagen, Peter (1998) 'Introduction: What is Metaphysics?', in Peter van Inwagen and Dean W. Zimmerman (eds.) Metaphyics: The Big Questions, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, pp. 1-13.

- Walsh, W. H. (1967) 'Nature of Metaphysics', in Paul Edwards (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Vol. 5, London/New York: Collier Macmillan, pp. 300-7.