New Waves in Metaphysics
By: Edited by Allan Hazlett
Series: New Waves in Philosophy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780230222335
Description: 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 and to anyone interested in the present and future state of metaphysics in the English-speaking world.
Notes: 'New Waves in Metaphysics' presents a snapshot of the current and future state of metaphysics. The book addresses a wide range of questions in contemporary metaphysics, outlining the diversity and depth of this ancient area of philosophical research.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, by Allan Hazlett
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: Quantification, Naturalness, and Ontology, by Ross P. Cameron
pagenum: 8; label: 2
title: Two Composition Questions in Action, by Sara Rachel Chant
pagenum: 27; label: 3
title: Another Look at the Reality of Race, By Which I Mean Race(f), by Joshua Glasgow
pagenum: 54; label: 4
title: Brutal Individualism, by Alan Hazlett
pagenum: 72; label: 5
title: Bringing Things About, by Neal Judisch
pagenum: 93; label: 6
title: Interpretation: Its Scope and Limits, by Uriah Kriegel
pagenum: 111; label: 7
title: Empirical Analyses of Causation, by Douglas Kutach
pagenum: 136; label: 8
title: Ghosts in the World Machine? Humility and Its Alternatives, by Rae Langton and Christopher Robichaud
pagenum: 156; label: 9
title: Is Everything Relative? Anti-Realism, Truth and Feminism, by Mari Mikkola
pagenum: 179; label: 10
title: The Nature of Mathematical Objects: Minimalism and Modality, by Kristie Miller
pagenum: 199; label: 11
title: Are There Fundamental Intrinsic Properties? by Alyssa Ney
pagenum: 219; label: 12
title: On the Very Idea of an Ecosystem, by Jay Odenbaugh
pagenum: 240; label: 13
title: The Prince of Wales Problem for Counterfactual Theories of Causation, by Carolina Sartorio
pagenum: 259