Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, Volume 9

Informationen zum Autor Karen Bennett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University. Dean W. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Autorentext

Karen Bennett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University.

Dean W. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
Much of the most interesting work in philosophy today is metaphysical in character. Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is a forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. 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. Anyone who wants to know what's happening in metaphysics can start here.

Inhalt

• INFINITIES

• 1: Bruno Whittle: On Infinite Size

• 2: Vann McGee: Whittle's Assault on Cantor's Paradise

• 3: Bruno Whittle: Reply to Vann McGee's "Whittle's Assault on Cantor's Paradise"

• 4: Alexander Pruss and Joshua Rasmussen: Problems with Plurals

• METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES, OLD AND NEW

• 5: Daniel Nolan: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Abstract Metaphysics

• 6: John A. Keller: Paraphrase, Semantics, and Ontology

• 7: Louis deRosset: Analyticity and Ontology

• 8: Alvin Goldman: Naturalizing Metaphysics with the Help of Cognitive Science

• GROUNDING, SUPERVENIENCE, AND CONSTITUTION

• 9: Nicholas K. Jones: Multiple Constitution

• 10: Aaron Segal: Half-Hearted Humeanism

• 11: Kathrin Koslicki: The Coarse-Grainedness of Grounding

• 12: Ghislain Guigon: A Universe of Explanations

• Comments: Fabrice Correia and Sven Rosenkranz: Return of the living dead: reply to Braddon-Mitchell

• Index of Names