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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 I. RELATIVE SAMENESS 1: Delia Graff Fara: Possibility Relative to a Sortal 2: Allen Hazen: Reflections on Counterpart Theory II. ABSOLUTE GENERALITY 3: Joshua Spencer: All Things Must Pass Away 4: Agustín Rayo: Absolute Generality Reconsidered III. HUMEANISM AND LAWS OF NATURE 5: Troy Cross: Goodbye, Humean Supervenience 6: Marc Lange: "There sweep great general principles which all the laws seem to follow" IV. CONTINGENT OBJECTS AND COINCIDENT OBJECTS 7: Adam Murray and Jessica Wilson: Relativized Metaphysical Modality 8: Sydney Shoemaker: Coincidence Through Thick and Thin V. THE OPEN FUTURE 9: Rachael Briggs and Graeme Forbes: The Real Truth about the Unreal Future 10: Jonathan Tallant and David Ingram: Presentism and Distributional Properties
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- I. RELATIVE SAMENESS
- 1: Delia Graff Fara: Possibility Relative to a Sortal
- 2: Allen Hazen: Reflections on Counterpart Theory
- II. ABSOLUTE GENERALITY
- 3: Joshua Spencer: All Things Must Pass Away
- 4: Agustín Rayo: Absolute Generality Reconsidered
- III. HUMEANISM AND LAWS OF NATURE
- 5: Troy Cross: Goodbye, Humean Supervenience
- 6: Marc Lange: "There sweep great general principles which all the laws seem to follow"
- IV. CONTINGENT OBJECTS AND COINCIDENT OBJECTS
- 7: Adam Murray and Jessica Wilson: Relativized Metaphysical Modality
- 8: Sydney Shoemaker: Coincidence Through Thick and Thin
- V. THE OPEN FUTURE
- 9: Rachael Briggs and Graeme Forbes: The Real Truth about the Unreal Future
- 10: Jonathan Tallant and David Ingram: Presentism and Distributional Properties
