{"product_id":"metaphysics-9781405195737","title":"Metaphysics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetaphysics: The Fundamentals\u003c\/i\u003e presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes,Leibniz,Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, Kit Fine, Peter van Inwagen, John Hawthorne and many others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 What Is Metaphysics? 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 The Subject of Metaphysics 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 The Methods of Metaphysics 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 The Waxing and Waning of Metaphysics 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Modern Challenges to Metaphysics 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 The Renaissance of Metaphysics in the Later “Analytic” Era 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Metaphysics as First Philosophy 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Overview of the Book 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Truthmakers 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Propositions 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Classical Truthmaker Theory 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Deflationism 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Truth Supervenes on Being 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Conclusion 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Causation and Powers 40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Do Causes Exist? 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Causal Dispositions and Conditionals 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Four Metaphysical Theories 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Neo-Humeism 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Powerism 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Conclusion 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Properties 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The Theoretical Role of Properties 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Realism 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Reductive Nominalism 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Trope Theory 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Particulars 102\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Facts 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Substances 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Conclusion 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Composition 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 The Special Composition Question 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Ontological Free Lunch? 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Atomism and Monism 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Emergence and Compositional Pluralism 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Possible Evidence for Compositional Emergence 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Conclusion 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Modality 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Possible Worlds: Concretism versus Abstractionism 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Modality De Re: Transworld Identity versus Counterpart Theory 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Passage of Time 182\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 The A Theory and the B Theory 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Varieties of A Theories 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Arguments for the B Theory 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Arguments for the A Theory 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Conclusion 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Continuity and Persistence 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Discrete and Continuous Causation 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Instants versus Intervals: Which Are Fundamental? 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Possible and Impossible Super-Tasks 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Persistence: Fundamental or Non-Fundamental, Supervenient or Anti-Supervenient? 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 The Persistence of Simple Things: The Problem of Intrinsic Motion 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 The Persistence of Composite Things: Paradoxes of Intransitivity 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Extreme Perdurantism: Who Needs Persistence? 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Conclusion: Two Metaphysical Packages 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Concluding Unmetaphysical Postscript 230\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Metaphysical Truth: Anti-Realism 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Metaphysical Language: Nonsense and Verbal Disagreement 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Metaphysical Skepticism 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Metaphysical Fictions 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Conclusion: The Inevitability of Metaphysics 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 250\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407928992087,"sku":"9781405195737","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405195737.jpg?v=1730500989","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/metaphysics-9781405195737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}