The Oxford Handbook of MetaphysicsMichael J. Loux, Dean W. Zimmerman The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences. The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics offers the most authoritative and compelling guide to this diverse and fertile field of philosophy. Twenty-four of the world's most distinguished specialists provide brand-new essays about what kinds of things there are, in what ways they exist, and how they relate to each other. They give the latest word on such topics as identity, modality, time, causation, persons and minds, freedom, and vagueness. The Handbook's unrivalled breadth and depth make it the definitive reference work for students and academics across the philosophical spectrum. |
Contents
III | 1987 |
IV | 1856 |
V | 1885 |
VI | 1909 |
VII | 1941 |
VIII | 1971 |
IX | 1981 |
X | 1965 |
XVIII | 386 |
XX | 435 |
XXII | 461 |
XXIV | 491 |
XXV | 527 |
XXVII | 556 |
XXVIII | 587 |
XXIX | 613 |
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abstract entities affairs analysis anti-realist argued argument assertion C-fibre Cambridge University Press causal causal laws causal relations cause claim commitment compatibilist concept concrete condition constituted counterfactual debate degree of truth determinism deterministic direct realism discussion distinct Dummett endurantism entails event of type example exist existential express fact false four-dimensionalism given idea identity incompatibilism incompatible instantiation intrinsic intuitive involves Inwagen Journal of Philosophy language Leibniz's law Lewis Lewis's logical mathematical matter meaning metaphysical modal nominalist notion objects ontological particles particular perdurance perdurantism persistence Peter van Inwagen Philosophical Philosophy of Science physical plausible possible worlds predicate premiss present presentist principle problem properties propositions quantifier quantum question Quine realism reduction reductionism reference reject relative responsible seems semantics sense sentence Sider simply sort space space-time spatio-temporal statement supervenience suppose temporal tensed tenser theory thesis things tropes true truth-conditional truth-value truthmaker vague wavefunction