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Zusatztext John A. Keller has done a great service to the philosophical community in editing this excellent volume. The book celebrates and analyzes the work of Peter van Inwagen, whose thought in metaphysics and philsophy of religion is rightly characterized throughout the book in the highest terms. Informationen zum Autor John A. Keller attended UC Davis as an undergraduate. He went on to study at the University of Notre Dame, where he wrote his dissertation on the role of paraphrase in philosophy, under the direction of Peter van Inwagen. He currently works primarily on metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language, and is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University, New York. Klappentext John Keller presents a set of new essays on ontology, time, freedom, God, and philosophical method. Our understanding of these subjects has been greatly advanced, since the 1970s, by the work of Peter van Inwagen. In this volume leading philosophers engage with his work, and van Inwagen himself offers selective responses. Zusammenfassung John Keller presents a set of new essays on ontology, time, freedom, God, and philosophical method. Our understanding of these subjects has been greatly advanced, since the 1970s, by the work of Peter van Inwagen. In this volume leading philosophers engage with his work, and van Inwagen himself offers selective responses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Being 1: Michael Loux: Theories of Character 2: L. A. Paul: A One Category Ontology 3: Eric T. Olson: Properties as Parts of Ordinary Objects 4: Sara Bernstein: Time Travel and the Movable Present Freedom 5: Mark Heller: The Degree Argument and the Influence Strategy 6: Alicia Finch: Revisiting the Mind Argument 7: Neal A. Tognazzini and John Martin Fischer; Wesley H. Holliday: Symposium on the Fixity of the Past God 8: Louise Antony: Defenseless: A Critique of Van Inwagen s Response to the Argument from Evil 9: Eleonore Stump: The Problem of Evil and Atonement 10: Frances Howard-Snyder: Swing Vote 11: Alex Rosenberg: Theism and Allism 12: Daniel Howard-Snyder: The Evolutionary Argument for Atheism 13: Lynne Rudder Baker: Must Anselm be Interpreted as a Meinongian? Method 14: David J. Chalmers: Why Isn t There More Progress in Philosophy? 15: John A. Keller: Philosophical Individualism 16: Thomas Kelly and Sarah McGrath: Are There Any Successful Philosophical Arguments? Afterword 17: Peter van Inwagen: Concluding Meditation ...
