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Lynne Rudder Baker presents a unique account of the material world: the Constitution View. In contrast to leading metaphysical views that take everyday things to be either non-existent or reducible to micro-objects, the Constitution View construes familiar things as irreducible parts of reality.

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Review of the hardback: 'Baker's book is a valuable contribution to contemporary work in metaphysics. It will be widely discussed, and it will remain a key source of ideas, insights, and arguments for many years to come.' Stephen Schwartz, Ithaca College

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Beginning with the middle; Part I. Everyday Things: 2. The reality of ordinary things; 3. Artifacts; 4. Human persons; Part II. The Everyday World: 5. Commonsense causation; 6. Metaphysical vagueness; 7. Time; Part III. Metaphysical Underpinnings: 8. Constitution revisited; 9. Mereology and constitution; 10. Three-dimensionalism defended; 11. Five ontological issues.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 9/24/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521120296, 978-0521120296
      ISBN10: 0521120292
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lynne Rudder Baker presents a unique account of the material world: the Constitution View. In contrast to leading metaphysical views that take everyday things to be either non-existent or reducible to micro-objects, the Constitution View construes familiar things as irreducible parts of reality.

      Trade Review
      Review of the hardback: 'Baker's book is a valuable contribution to contemporary work in metaphysics. It will be widely discussed, and it will remain a key source of ideas, insights, and arguments for many years to come.' Stephen Schwartz, Ithaca College

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Beginning with the middle; Part I. Everyday Things: 2. The reality of ordinary things; 3. Artifacts; 4. Human persons; Part II. The Everyday World: 5. Commonsense causation; 6. Metaphysical vagueness; 7. Time; Part III. Metaphysical Underpinnings: 8. Constitution revisited; 9. Mereology and constitution; 10. Three-dimensionalism defended; 11. Five ontological issues.

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