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Book SynopsisPhilosophical Perspectives, an annual, aims to publish original essays by foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume confined to a main area of philosophical research.
Table of ContentsBack to the Open Future Elizabeth Barnes Ross P. Cameron 1
By Our Bootstraps Karen Bennett 27
Life Without Essence: Man as a Force of Nature Mandel Cabrera Sarah Coolidge Joseph Almog 43
Ontological Superpluralism Ben Caplan 79
The Bare Necessities Shamir Dasgupta 115
An Abstract Characterization of the Determinable/Determinate Distinction Kit Fine 161
In Search of (Spacetime) Structuralism Hilary Greaves 189
What are Natural Kinds? Katherine Hawley Alexander Bird 205
A Metaphysical Mix: Morphing, Mai, and Mining Hud Hudson 223
Conspecific Coincidence and Mutual Incorporation Christopher Hughes 241
Multilocation and Mereology Shieva Kleinschmidt 253
Essence, Plenitude, and Paradox Sarah-Jane Leslie 277
Impure Reference: A Way Around the Concept Horse Paradox Fraser Macbride 297
The Extent of Metaphysical Necessity Daniel Nolan 313
Hylomorphism Reconsidered Michael C. Rea 341
Experience and the Passage of Time Bradford Skow 359
Relational vs. Constituent Ontologies Peter Van Inwagen 389
On Doing Ontology without Metaphysics Achille C. Varzi 407
Dispositions and Generics Ryan Wasserman 425
