Philosophical Perspectives, 25, 2011 - Metaphysics

Informationen zum Autor John Hawthorne is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published numerous articles on metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and early modern philosophy. His books include Knowledge and Lotteries, Substance and Individuation in Leibniz, and The Grammar of Meaning. Jason Turner is a philosopher who received his PhD from Rutgers University. He has worked at the University of Leeds, St. Louis University, and the University of Arizona. Klappentext Philosophical 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. Zusammenfassung Philosophical 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Back 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 ...

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• Authors: J Hawthorne, John Hawthorne, John (University of Oxford Hawthorne, John Turner Hawthorne
• Assisted by: John Hawthorne (Editor), John (University of Oxford Hawthorne (Editor), Hawthorne John (Editor), Jason Turner (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2012
• EAN: 9781118330852
• ISBN: 978-1-118-33085-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume; Philosophical Perspectives (Bl; Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume; Philosophical Perspectives (Bl; Philosophical Perspectives Ann
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology