A collection of new essays by young scholars on the cutting edge of this ancient philosophical area. Diverse topics, including ontology, free will, fundamental properties, and causation, the volume will appeal both to specialists andto anyone interested in the present and future state of metaphysics in the English-speaking world. INDICE: Foreword to The New Waves in Philosophy Series - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; A.Hazlett - Quantification, Naturalness, and Ontology; R.P.Cameron - Two Problems of Composition in Collective Action; S.R.Chant - Another Look at the Reality of Race, By Which I Mean Racef; J.Glasgow - Bringing Things About; N.Judisch - Interpretation: Its Scope and Limits; U.Kriegel - Empirical Analyses of Causation; D.Kutach - Brutal Individuation; A.Hazlett - Ghosts in the World Machine? Humility and Its Alternatives; R.Langton& C.Robichaud - Is Everything Relative? Anti-Realism, Truth, and Feminism; M.Mikkola - Minimalism and Modality: The Nature of Mathematical Objects; K.Miller - Are ThereFundamental Intrinsic Properties?; A.Ney - On the Very Idea of an Ecosystem; J.Odenbaugh - The Prince of Wales Problem for Counterfactual Theories of Causation; C.Sartorio - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22233-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés