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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 new series is a much-needed focus for it. OSM offers a broad view of the subject! featuring not only the traditionally central topics such as existence! identity! modality! time! and causation! but also the rich clusters of metaphysical questions in neighbouring fields! such as philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. Besides independent essays! volumes will often contain a critical essay on a recent book! or a symposium that allows participants to respond to one another's criticisms and questions. Anyone who wants to know what's happening in metaphysics can start here. Zusammenfassung Featuring central topics such as existence, identity, modality, time, and causation, this work also discusses clusters of metaphysical questions in neighbouring fields, such as philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. It contains a critical essay on a book, or a symposium that allows participants to respond to criticisms and questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. SYMPOSIUM: PROPERTY DUALISM 1: Ned Block: Max Black's Objection to Mind-Body Identity 2: John Perry: Mary and Max and Jack and Ned 3: Stephen L. White: A Posterioiri Identities and the Requirements of Rationality II. THE OPEN FUTURE 4: Trenton Merricks: Goodbye Growing Block 5: Eli Hirsch: Rashi's View of the Open Future: Determinateness and Bivalience 6: Peter Forrest: General Facts, Physical Necessity, and the Metaphysics of Time III. ISSUES IN ONTOLOGY 7: Thomas Hofweber: Inexpressible Properties and Propositions 8: Michael J. Loux: Aristotle's Constituent Ontology 9: Phillip Bricker: The Relation Between General and Particular: Entailment vs. Supervenience 10: John Hawthorne: Epistemicism and Semantic Plasticity IV. METAPHYSICS AND THEISM 11: Brian Leftow: God and the Problem of Universals 12: Michael Bergmann and Jeffrey E. Brower: A Theistic Argument Against Platonism (And in Support of Truthmakers and Divine Simplicity) 13: Hud Hudson: Beautiful Evils ...
