{"product_id":"contemp-rdgs-fndns-metaphysics-9780631201724","title":"CONTEMP RDGS FNDNS METAPHYSICS","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eaeo Provides a comprehensive source to key metaphysics debates.  aeo Includes classic articles by internationally acclaimed philosophers.  aeo Incorporates seven new state--of--the art papers.  aeo Begins with an overview essay hightlighting important debates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a superb collection of seminal papers on fundamental matters in metaphysics: ontological commitment, possibilia, universals, substance, events, tropes, and mathematical objects. The pedagogical value of the volume is enhanced by state-of-the-art essays by leading philosophers in the field.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian McLaughlin, Rutgers University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors for State of the Art Essays. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Metaphysics and Ontology: Stephen Laurence and Cynthia MacDonald.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Methodology and Ontological Commitment:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState of the Art Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Nature of Metaphysics: Peter van Inwagen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Descriptive and Revisionary Metaphysics: Susan Haack.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. On What There Is: W. V. O. Quine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Ontological Commitments: William P. Alston.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Quantifiers: Susan Haack.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Identity and Substitutivity: Richard Cartwright.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Possible Worlds and Possibilia:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState of the Art Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Possible Worlds and Possibilia: William G. Lycan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Possible Worlds: David Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Possible Worlds: Robert Stalnaker.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Ways Worlds Could Be: Peter Forrest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Universals and Properties:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState of the Art Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Universals and Properties: George Bealer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. On Properties: Hilary Putnam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. New Work for a Theory of Universals: David Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. A Theory of Structural Universals: John Bigelow and Robert Pargetter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Substances:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState of the Art Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Beyond Substrata and Bundles: A Prolegomenon to a Substance Ontology: Michael J. Loux.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Bare Particulars: Edwin B. Allaire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Particulars Re-Clothed: V. C. Chappell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Another Look at Bare Particulars: Edwin B. Allaire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Three Versions of the Bundle Theory: James Van Cleve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Events:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState of the Art Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Ontologies of Events: Lawrence Brian Lombard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Individuation of Events: Donald Devidson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Events as Property Exemplifications: Jaegwon Kim.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Tropes:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState of the Art Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Tropes and Other Things: Cynthia Macdonald.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars: Keith Campbell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Particulars in Particular Clothing: Three Trope Theories of Substance: Peter Simmons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Mathematical Objects:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState of the Art Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Mathematical Objectivity and Mathematical objects: Hartry Field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Philosophy of Logic: Hilary Putnam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. What Numbers Could Not Be: Paul Benacerraf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403409957207,"sku":"9780631201724","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631201724.jpg?v=1730483385","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contemp-rdgs-fndns-metaphysics-9780631201724","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}