Description: 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 important philosophers currently writing on these issues. The questions and philosophers are: Are there any individuals at the fundamental level? / (1) Shamik Dasgupta (2) Jason Turner Is there an objective difference between essential and accidental properties? / (1) Meghan Sullivan (2) Kris McDaniel and Steve Steward Are there any worldly states of affairs? / (1) Daniel Nolan (2) Joseph Melia Are there any intermediate states of affairs? / (1) Jessica Wilson (2) Elizabeth Barnes and Ross Cameron Do ordinary objects exist? / (1) Trenton Merricks (2) Helen Beebee Editor Elizabeth Barnes guides readers through these controversies (all published here for the first time), with a synthetic introduction and succinct abstracts of each debate.
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EAN: 9780367868093
UPC: 9780367868093
ISBN: 9780367868093
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Item Length: 22.9 cm
Book Title: Current Controversies in Metaphysics
Item Height: 229mm
Item Width: 152mm
Author: Elizabeth Barnes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Popular Philosophy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Year: 2019
Item Weight: 454g
Number of Pages: 166 Pages
