Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, Volume 12

✍ Scribed by Karen Bennett (editor), Dean W. Zimmerman (editor)

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 327
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Much of the most interesting work in philosophy today is metaphysical in character. Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is a forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. 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 philsophy 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
The Sanders Prize in Metaphysics
PART I: EXISTENCE
1. Truthmakers and Easy Ontology • Amie L. Thomasson
2. Easy Ontology, Two-Dimensionalism, and Truthmaking • Ross P. Cameron
3. Ontological Pluralism and Notational Variance • Bruno Whittle
PART II: METAPHYSICS OF SCIENCE
4. Some Consequences of Physics for the Comparative Metaphysics of Quantity • David John Baker
5. How to Be a Relationalist • Shamik Dasgupta
6. Nomothetic Explanation and Humeanism about Laws of Nature • Harjit Bhogal
7. The Fundamentality of Physics: Completeness or Maximality? • Alyssa Ney
PART III: TIME AND PERSISTENCE
8. A Little Puzzle about a Piece and a Puddle • Mahrad Almotahari
9. Advanced Temporalizing • Daniel Deasy
Author Index