Current Controversies in Metaphysics

ISBN-13: 9780367868093 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 166 str.

Elizabeth Barnes

Opis

This book showcases a range of views on topics at the forefront of current controversies in the field of metaphysics. It will give readers a varied and alive introduction to the field, and cover such key issues as: modality, fundamentality, composition, the object/property distinction, and indeterminacy. The contributors include some of the most

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION

Elizabeth Barnes, University of Leeds

PART 1: Are there any individuals at the fundamental level?

1. Shamik Dasgupta, Princeton University

2. Jason Turner, University of Leeds

PART 2: Is there an objective difference between essential and accidental properties?

1. Meghan Sullivan, University of Notre Dame

2. Kris McDaniel, Syracuse University

PART 3: Are there any worldly states of affairs?

1. Daniel Nolan, Australia National University

2. Joseph Melia, Oxford University

PART 4: Are there any indeterminate states of affairs?

1. Jessica Wilson, University of Toronto











2. Elizabeth Barnes, University of Leeds

O autorze

Elizabeth Barnes is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. She works in metaphysics and social and feminist philosophy, and is especially interested in the areas where these topics intersect.