{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-metaphysics-9780415493963","title":"The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e is an outstanding, comprehensive and accessible guide to the major themes, thinkers, and issues in metaphysics. The \u003cem\u003eCompanion \u003c\/em\u003efeatures over fifty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars which are organized into three clear parts:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistory of Metaphysics \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOntology \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetaphysics and Science.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach section features an introduction which places the range of essays in context, while an extensive glossary allows easy reference to key terms and definitions. \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for students of philosophy and anyone interested in surveying the central topics and problems in metaphysics from causation to vagueness and from Plato and Aristotle to the present-day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Philosophy Companions\u003c\/em\u003e series has a deserved reputation for impressive scope and scholarly value. This volume is no exception … The editors successfully assemble chapters most relevant to contemporary work in metaphysics, a welcome trend in reference works for the 21st century. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic libraries supporting lower-level undergraduates and above.’\u003cem\u003e - Choice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The field of metaphysics is flourishing - and with an outstanding cast of contributors, the impressively-broad and satisfyingly-deep \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Companion to Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e offers a superb guide to many of its most engaging and perplexing twists and turns, both historical and contemporary.’ \u003cem\u003e- Hud Hudson, Western Washington University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e features over fifty articles, by some of the most prominent contemporary metaphysicians, covering virtually every major topic. Its combination of historical sweep and intellectual breadth set it apart from anything else on the market.’ \u003cem\u003e- Jonathan Schaffer, Australian National University, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This monumental volume presents a lively, up-to-date and extremely rich panorama of the present state of metaphysical debate. The 53 fully cross-referenced contributions are both admirably clear and deeply illuminating. It is difficult to imagine anything more useful for a course in metaphysics. This is bound to become a reference work for all scholars and students interested in metaphysics.’ \u003cem\u003e- Andrea Bottani, Bergamo University, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeneral Introduction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobin Le Poidevin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Part 1: History of Metaphysics \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction to Part 1\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePeter Simons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e1. Pre-Socratic Themes: being, not-being and mind \u003cem\u003eDavid Sedley\u003c\/em\u003e 2. Plato: arguments for Forms \u003cem\u003eRichard Patterson \u003c\/em\u003e3. Aristotle: form, matter and substance \u003cem\u003eStephen Makin \u003c\/em\u003e4. Aristotle: time and change \u003cem\u003eUrsula Coope \u003c\/em\u003e5. Medieval Metaphysics 1: the problem of universals \u003cem\u003eClaude Panaccio \u003c\/em\u003e6. Medieval Metaphysics 2: things, non-things, God and time \u003cem\u003eJohn Marenbon \u003c\/em\u003e7. Descartes: the Real Distinction \u003cem\u003eDugald Murdoch \u003c\/em\u003e8. Hobbes: matter, cause and motion \u003cem\u003eGeorge MacDonald Ross \u003c\/em\u003e9. Spinoza: substance, attribute and mode \u003cem\u003eRichard Glauser \u003c\/em\u003e10. Locke: The Primary and Secondary Quality Distinction \u003cem\u003eLisa Downing \u003c\/em\u003e11. Leibniz: mind-body causation and pre-established harmony \u003cem\u003eGonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra \u003c\/em\u003e12. Berkeley: arguments for idealism \u003cem\u003eTom Stoneham \u003c\/em\u003e13. Hume: necessary connections and distinct existences \u003cem\u003eAlexander Miller \u003c\/em\u003e14. Kant: the possibility of metaphysics \u003cem\u003eLucy Allais \u003c\/em\u003e15. Hegel and Schopenhauer: reason and will \u003cem\u003eRolf-Peter Horstmann \u003c\/em\u003e16. Anti-Metaphysics I: Nietzsche \u003cem\u003eMaudemarie Clark \u003c\/em\u003e17. Bradley: the supra-relational absolute \u003cem\u003eWilliam Mander \u003c\/em\u003e18. Whitehead: process and cosmology \u003cem\u003ePeter Simons\u003c\/em\u003e 19. Heidegger: the question of Being \u003cem\u003eHerman Philipse \u003c\/em\u003e20. Anti-Metaphysics II: verificationism and kindred views \u003cem\u003eCheryl Misak \u003c\/em\u003e21. Metaphysics revivified \u003cem\u003eAvrum Stroll \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Ontology: On What Exists Introduction to part 2 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoss P. Cameron\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e22. To Be \u003cem\u003eChristopher Daly \u003c\/em\u003e23. Not to Be \u003cem\u003eGraham Priest \u003c\/em\u003e24. Razor Arguments \u003cem\u003ePeter Forrest \u003c\/em\u003e25. Substance \u003cem\u003eDavid Robb \u003c\/em\u003e26. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Properties \u003cem\u003eRoss P. Cameron \u003c\/em\u003e27. Universals: the contemporary debate \u003cem\u003eFraser McBride\u003c\/em\u003e 28. Particulars \u003cem\u003eherbert Hochberg\u003c\/em\u003e 29. Persistence, Composition and Identity \u003cem\u003eNikk Effingham \u003c\/em\u003e30. Relations \u003cem\u003eJohn Heil \u003c\/em\u003e31. Facts, Events and States of Affairs \u003cem\u003eJulian Dodd \u003c\/em\u003e32. Possible Worlds and Possibilia \u003cem\u003eJohn Divers \u003c\/em\u003e33. Mathematical Entities \u003cem\u003ePeter Clark \u003c\/em\u003e34. Fictional Objects \u003cem\u003eRichard Hanley \u003c\/em\u003e35. Vagueness \u003cem\u003eElizabeth Barnes \u003c\/em\u003e36. Minor Entities: surfaces, holes and shadows \u003cem\u003eRoberto Casati \u003c\/em\u003e37. Truth-Makers and Truth-Bearers \u003cem\u003eJohn Bigelow\u003c\/em\u003e 38. Values \u003cem\u003eKevin Mulligan \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Metaphysics and Science Introduction to Part 3\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eRobin Le Poidevin\u003c\/em\u003e 39. Space, Absolute and Relational \u003cem\u003eTim Maudlin \u003c\/em\u003e40. The Infinite \u003cem\u003eDaniel Nolan \u003c\/em\u003e41. The Passage of Time \u003cem\u003eEric Olsen \u003c\/em\u003e42. The Direction of Time \u003cem\u003eD. H. Mellor\u003c\/em\u003e 43. Causation \u003cem\u003eMichael Tooley \u003c\/em\u003e44. Laws and Dispositions \u003cem\u003eStephen Mumford \u003c\/em\u003e45. Probability and Determinism \u003cem\u003ePhilip Percival \u003c\/em\u003e46. Essences and Natural Kinds \u003cem\u003eAlexander Bird \u003c\/em\u003e47. Metaphysics and Relativity \u003cem\u003eKatherine Hawley\u003c\/em\u003e 48. Metaphysics and Quantum Physics \u003cem\u003ePeter J. Lewis\u003c\/em\u003e 49. 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