Metaphysics, Volume 25
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 20. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-118-33085-2 (ISBN)
Description
Philosophical Perspectives, an annual, aims to publish original essays by foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume confined to a main area of philosophical research.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
625 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-33085-2 (9781118330852)
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Persons
John Hawthorne is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published numerous articles on metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and early modern philosophy. His books include Knowledge and Lotteries, Substance and Individuation in Leibniz, and The Grammar of Meaning.
Jason Turner is a philosopher who received his PhD from Rutgers University. He has worked at the University of Leeds, St. Louis University, and the University of Arizona.
Jason Turner is a philosopher who received his PhD from Rutgers University. He has worked at the University of Leeds, St. Louis University, and the University of Arizona.
Content
Back to the Open Future Elizabeth Barnes Ross P. Cameron 1
By Our Bootstraps Karen Bennett 27
Life Without Essence: Man as a Force of Nature Mandel Cabrera Sarah Coolidge Joseph Almog 43
Ontological Superpluralism Ben Caplan 79
The Bare Necessities Shamir Dasgupta 115
An Abstract Characterization of the Determinable/Determinate Distinction Kit Fine 161
In Search of (Spacetime) Structuralism Hilary Greaves 189
What are Natural Kinds? Katherine Hawley Alexander Bird 205
A Metaphysical Mix: Morphing, Mai, and Mining Hud Hudson 223
Conspecific Coincidence and Mutual Incorporation Christopher Hughes 241
Multilocation and Mereology Shieva Kleinschmidt 253
Essence, Plenitude, and Paradox Sarah-Jane Leslie 277
Impure Reference: A Way Around the Concept Horse Paradox Fraser Macbride 297
The Extent of Metaphysical Necessity Daniel Nolan 313
Hylomorphism Reconsidered Michael C. Rea 341
Experience and the Passage of Time Bradford Skow 359
Relational vs. Constituent Ontologies Peter Van Inwagen 389
On Doing Ontology without Metaphysics Achille C. Varzi 407
Dispositions and Generics Ryan Wasserman 425
By Our Bootstraps Karen Bennett 27
Life Without Essence: Man as a Force of Nature Mandel Cabrera Sarah Coolidge Joseph Almog 43
Ontological Superpluralism Ben Caplan 79
The Bare Necessities Shamir Dasgupta 115
An Abstract Characterization of the Determinable/Determinate Distinction Kit Fine 161
In Search of (Spacetime) Structuralism Hilary Greaves 189
What are Natural Kinds? Katherine Hawley Alexander Bird 205
A Metaphysical Mix: Morphing, Mai, and Mining Hud Hudson 223
Conspecific Coincidence and Mutual Incorporation Christopher Hughes 241
Multilocation and Mereology Shieva Kleinschmidt 253
Essence, Plenitude, and Paradox Sarah-Jane Leslie 277
Impure Reference: A Way Around the Concept Horse Paradox Fraser Macbride 297
The Extent of Metaphysical Necessity Daniel Nolan 313
Hylomorphism Reconsidered Michael C. Rea 341
Experience and the Passage of Time Bradford Skow 359
Relational vs. Constituent Ontologies Peter Van Inwagen 389
On Doing Ontology without Metaphysics Achille C. Varzi 407
Dispositions and Generics Ryan Wasserman 425