What is reality?: an introduction to metaphysics

Machine generated contents note: Preface

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.