Metaphysics

Herausgeber: O'Hear, Anthony

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is based on the lectures given at The Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2016-7.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 163mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9781108740623
• ISBN-10: 1108740626
• Artikelnr.: 53685553

Inhaltsangabe

1. Laws for metaphysical explanation Jonathan Schaffer
2. Irrealism about grounding Naomi Thompson
3. Against conservatism in metaphysics Maegan Fairchild and John Hawthorne
4. Cardinals, ordinals and the prospects for a Fregean foundation Eric Snyder, Stewart Shapiro and Richard Samuels
5. The basis of necessity and possibility Bob Hale
6. Changing metaphysics: what difference does it make? Amie L. Thomasson
7. Lady parts: the metaphysics of pregnancy Elselijn Kingma
8. Spaces of possibility Timothy Williamson
9. Wittgenstein on solipsism in the 1930s: private pains, private languages, and two uses of 'I' Tim Button
10. What is a social practice Sally Haslanger
11. Almost identical, almost innocent Katherine Hawley
12. Compatibilism, indeterminism, and chance Penelope Mackie
13. Quantifier variance dissolved Suki Finn and Otávio Bueno
14. Essence and mere necessity Jessica Leech
15. Towards a hylomorphic solution to the grounding problem Kathrin Koslicki
16. Metaphysical optimism Penelope Rush.