Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, Volume 9

Informationen zum Autor Karen Bennett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University. Dean W. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Klappentext Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. Much of the most interesting work in philosophy today is metaphysical in character: this series is a much-needed focus for it. Zusammenfassung Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. Much of the most interesting work in philosophy today is metaphysical in character: this series is a much-needed focus for it. Inhaltsverzeichnis INFINITIES 1: Bruno Whittle: On Infinite Size 2: Vann McGee: Whittle's Assault on Cantor's Paradise 3: Bruno Whittle: Reply to Vann McGee's "Whittle's Assault on Cantor's Paradise" 4: Alexander Pruss and Joshua Rasmussen: Problems with Plurals METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES, OLD AND NEW 5: Daniel Nolan: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Abstract Metaphysics 6: John A. Keller: Paraphrase, Semantics, and Ontology 7: Louis deRosset: Analyticity and Ontology 8: Alvin Goldman: Naturalizing Metaphysics with the Help of Cognitive Science GROUNDING, SUPERVENIENCE, AND CONSTITUTION 9: Nicholas K. Jones: Multiple Constitution 10: Aaron Segal: Half-Hearted Humeanism 11: Kathrin Koslicki: The Coarse-Grainedness of Grounding 12: Ghislain Guigon: A Universe of Explanations Comments: Fabrice Correia and Sven Rosenkranz: Return of the living dead: reply to Braddon-Mitchell Index of Names

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• Authors: Karen Bennett, Karen Zimmerman Bennett
• Assisted by: Karen Bennett (Editor), Bennett Karen (Editor), Dean W. Zimmerman (Editor), Zimmerman Dean W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9780198729242
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872924-2
• No. of pages: 406
• Series: Oxford Studies in Metaphysics; Oxford Studies in Metaphysics
• 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