*Metaphysics: The Basics * is a concise and engaging introduction to the philosophical study of some of the most important and foundational aspects of the world in which we live.

*Metaphysics: The Basics * is a concise and engaging introduction to the philosophical study of some of the most important and foundational aspects of the world in which we live.

Concerned with questions about existence, time, identity, change, and other basic elements of our common-sense and scientific ways of thinking about the world, metaphysics has long fascinated people.

But to the uninitiated, many of the issues and problems can appear bewilderingly complex and intractable. In this lively and lucid book, Michael Rea examines and explains the core questions in the study of metaphysics.