
Oxford Studies in Metaphysics
Volume 5
Dean Zimmerman(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 7. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
334 pages
978-0-19-957579-4 (ISBN)
Description
Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. Much of the most interesting work in philosophy today is metaphysical in character: this series is a much-needed focus for it. OSM offers a broad view of the subject, featuring not only the traditionally central topics such as existence, identity, modality, time, and causation, but also the rich clusters of metaphysical questions in neighbouring fields, such as philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. Besides independent essays, volumes will often contain a critical essay on a recent book, or a symposium that allows participants to respond to one another's criticisms and questions. This fifth volume is largely focused on the metaphysics of time, with sections on time travel; persistence through time; and time, space, and location. The final section of the volume is devoted to a neglected topic that is starting to attract philosophical attention: the metaphysics of sounds. Anyone who wants to know what's happening in metaphysics can start here.
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does great work in rejuvenating philosophical debate, bringing to the attention of the wider field work done in debates that are too often in danger of being pursued in separate ivory towers, and indeed, engaging with disciplines beyond philosophy * Graeme A. Forbes, Analysis Reviews *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-957579-4 (9780199575794)
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01/2010
Oxford University Press
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Person
Dean W. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Content
TIME TRAVEL, A LA VAN INWAGEN ; 1. Changing the Past ; 2. Can a Souffle Rise Twice? Van Inwagen's Irresponsible Time-travellers ; 3. Van Inwagen on Time Travel and Changing the Past ; PERSISTENCE THROUGH TIME ; 4. Location and Perdurance ; 5. Coinciding Objects and Duration Properties: Reply to Eagle ; 6. Duration in Relativistic Spacetime ; 7. Strange Kinds, Familiar Kinds, and the Charge of Arbitrariness ; 8. Many as One ; TIME, SPACE, AND LOCATION ; 9. Extrinsic Temporal Metrics ; 10. Parthood and Multi-Location ; THE METAPHYSICS OF SOUNDS ; 11. Constructing a Theory of Sounds ; 12. Hearing Sounds ; 13. What Sounds Are ; 14. Sounds and Temporality