Metaphysics in contemporary physics Introduction Tomasz Bigaj and Christian Wüthrich Rethinking outside the toolbox : reflecting again on the relationship between philosophy of science and metaphysics Steven French and Kerry McKenzie Ontology : an empirical fundamentalist approach Douglas Kutach Quantum structure and spacetime Vincent Lam Things aint what they used to be : physics without objects Dean Rickles and Jessica Bloom Particles in a quantum ontology of properties Olimpia Lombardi and Dennis Dieks Essentialism and modern physics Tomasz Bigaj Symmetry and qualitativity Thomas Møller Nielsen Relational time Matteo Morganti General covariance diffeomorphism invariance and background independence in 5 dimensions Antonio Vassallo A metaphysics from string dualities : pluralism fundamentalism modality Ioan Muntean Is mereology empirical : composition for fermions Adam Caulton Physicalism and the part whole relation Andreas Hüttemann Metaphysical emergence : weak and strong Jessica Wilson The metaphysics of laws : dispositionalism vs. primitivism Mauro Dorato and Michael Esfeld Classical and quantum sources of randomness Marek Kuś Renormalization for philosophers Jeremy Butterfield and Nazim Bouatta