Philosophy: Metaphysics & Ontology

The question of the proper role of metaphysics in philosophy of science is both significant and contentious. The last few decades have seen conside...

The philosophical notion of metaphysical explanation has been subject to an increased level of attention in the previous decade. Despite tantalisin...

In this book, Gaven Kerr expands on the brief treatment of creation offered in his 2015 volume, Aquinas's Way to God: The Proof in De Ente et Essen...

Why does a wine glass break when you drop it, whereas a steel goblet does not? The answer may seem obvious: glass, unlike steel, is fragile. This i...

Volume 2 of The Writings of Charles De Koninck carries on the project begun by volume 1 of presenting the first English edition of the collected wo...

This monograph presents the first detailed exposition of the formal theory of Branching Space-Times. The theory presented here by Nuel Belnap, Thom...

W.V. Quine, a champion of philosophical naturalism and pioneer of mathematical logic, was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th centur...

J.S. Mill famously equated physical things with "permanent possibilities of sensation." This view, known as phenomenalism, holds that a rock is a t...

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 ...

What must reality be like if the God of Abrahamic theism exists? How could the worldview of Abrahamic theism be understood if not in terms of the e...

The current wave of critical and historical engagement with idealist texts affords an unprecedented opportunity to discover the richness and value ...

In Chains of Being, Ross P. Cameron argues for both Metaphysical Infinitism, the view that there can be infinitely descending chains of ontological...

The personal identity literature is fragmented. There is a literature on the normative topic of 'what matters in survival'. And there is a separate...

In Naturally Free Action, Oisín Deery argues that free will exists, where free will is understood as the ability to act freely, and free actions as...

A theology aims to explicate the nature of God. A metatheology investigates more fundamental issues concerning how to structure such an intellectua...