Oxford Studies in Metaphysics Volume 12

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.

List of contents

• Part I: Existence


• 1: Amie Thomasson: Truthmakers and Easy Ontology


• 2: Ross P. Cameron: Easy Ontology, Two-Dimensionalism, and Truthmaking


• 3: Bruno Whittle: Ontological Pluralism and Notational Variance


• Part II: Metaphysics of Science


• 4: David Baker: Some Consequences of Physics for the Comparative Metaphysics of Quantity


• 5: Shamik Dasgupta: How to be a Relationist


• 6: Harjit Bhogal: Nomothetic Explanation and Humeanism about the Laws of Nature


• 7: Alyssa Ney: The Fundamentality of Physics: Completeness or Maximality?


• Part III: Time and Persistence


• 8: Mahrad Almotahari: A Little Puzzle about a Piece and a Puddle


• 9: Daniel Deasy: Advanced Temporalizing

About the author

Karen Bennett is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University

Dean W. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Karen (Professor of Philosophy 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: 21.12.2020
• EAN: 9780192893314
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289331-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Oxford Studies in Metaphysics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology