Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics is about some of the most fundamental kinds of things that there are; the things that we encounter in everyday experience.

• A book about the things that we encounter in everyday experience.
  
• Contains a thorough and accessible discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics.
  
• Examines a wide range of ontological categories, including both particulars and universals.
  
• Mounts a forceful and persuasive case for anti-reductionism.

Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics is about some of the most fundamental kinds of things that there are; the things that we encounter in everyday experience.

• A book about the things that we encounter in everyday experience.
  
• Contains a thorough and accessible discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics.
  
• Examines a wide range of ontological categories, including both particulars and universals.
  
• Mounts a forceful and persuasive case for anti-reductionism.

This volume is a comprehensive survey of contemporary thought on a wide range of issues and provides students with the basic background to current debates in metaphysics.

The most comprehensive discussion available of the work of philosopher, John McDowell.

• Contains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell's work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself.
  
• The contributors are philosophers with international reputations for their work in the areas in which they are contributing.
  
• Covers the whole of McDowell's philosophy, including his contributions in ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology.
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The most comprehensive discussion available of the work of philosopher, John McDowell.

• Contains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell's work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself.
  
• The contributors are philosophers with international reputations for their work in the areas in which they are contributing.
  
• Covers the whole of McDowell's philosophy, including his contributions in ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology.
  ...

This volume provides an introduction to and review of key contemporary debates concerning connectionism, and the nature of explanation and methodology in cognitive psychology. The first debate centres on the question of whether human cognition is best modelled by classical or by connectionist architectures. The second centres on the question of the compatibility between folk, or commonsense, psychological explanation and explanations based on connectionist models of cognition.

There have long been controversies about how minds can fit into a physical universe. In 'Emergence in Mind' a distinguished group of philosophers discuss whether mental properties can be said to 'emerge' from physical processes.