Ordinary Objects
"Ordinary Objects is well worth reading because it sheds new light on how to preserve the credibility of familiar things."  --Marianne Djuth, The Review of Metaphysics"In Ordinary Objects, Amie Thomasson mounts a spirited and vigorous defense of the reality of ordinary objects."  --Terry Horgan, Times Literary Supplement"Ordinary Objects is a fine book.... [Thomasson] writes insightfully and persuasively, and she has a realistic view of what metaphysical arguments can and cannot demonstrate... she approaches metaphysical theorizing more systematically than many other recent writers, drawing attention to the ways in which questionable assumptions in one area of philosophy are undergirding seemingly powerful arguments in another. Everyone working in metaphysics should make time for this volume."  --R. W. Fischer, Metaphilosophy"In Ordinary Objects, Thomasson pursues an integrated conception of ontology and metaontology. In ontology, she defends the existence of shoes, ships, and other ordinary objects. In metaontology, she defends a deflationary view of ontological inquiry, designed to suck the air out of arguments against ordinary objects. The result is an elegant and insightful defense of a common sense worldview."  --Jonathan Schaffer, Philosophical Books"Amie Thomasson has written a lovely book which is certain to irritate many professional metaphysicians. But it is not just irritating: it is challenging...This book would be good supplementary text for upper-level metaphysics classes or seminars in which the sorts of arguments to which Thomasson replies are also read."  --Alan Sidelle, The Philosophical Quarterly