Current Controversies in Metaphysics
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Absolute Velocity
accidental properties
advanced metaphysics controversies
Algebraic Generalism
Bona Fide
Bundle Theory
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Common Sense Ontology
Determinate Options
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eq_nobargain
Error Theory
Essence Ascriptions
essential properties
Fundamental Individuals
Iowa State University
Metaphysical Indeterminacy
Monarch Butterfly
Nom Inalist
object composition theory
ontological debates
Ordinary Reasons
Persistence Conditions
philosophical indeterminacy
Physically Redundant
Poached Egg
property individuation
Quantifier Generalism
Special Composition Question
Sullivan's Story
Tea Kettle
Unique Determinate
Unrestricted Composition
Variable Binding
Wilson's Account
Product details
- ISBN 9780367868093
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Dec 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book showcases a range of views on topics at the forefront of current controversies in the field of metaphysics. It will give readers a varied and alive introduction to the field, and cover such key issues as: modality, fundamentality, composition, the object/property distinction, and indeterminacy. The contributors include some of the most important philosophers currently writing on these issues. The questions and philosophers are:
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- Are there any individuals at the fundamental level? / (1) Shamik Dasgupta (2) Jason Turner
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- Is there an objective difference between essential and accidental properties? / (1) Meghan Sullivan (2) Kris McDaniel and Steve Steward
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- Are there any worldly states of affairs? / (1) Daniel Nolan (2) Joseph Melia
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- Are there any intermediate states of affairs? / (1) Jessica Wilson (2) Elizabeth Barnes and Ross Cameron
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- Do ordinary objects exist? / (1) Trenton Merricks (2) Helen Beebee
Editor Elizabeth Barnes guides readers through these controversies (all published here for the first time), with a synthetic introduction and succinct abstracts of each debate.
Elizabeth Barnes is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. She works in metaphysics and social and feminist philosophy, and is especially interested in the areas where these topics intersect.
