The Bloomsbury Companion to metaphysics
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Research problems and methods; Modality; Universals and abstract objects; Naturalism and physicalism; Mind; Material constitution; Endurantism and perdurantism; Personal identity; Free will; God; New directions in metaphysics; Note; C...
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London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney
Bloomsbury Academic
2015
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| Ausgabe: | First published in paperback |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Research problems and methods; Modality; Universals and abstract objects; Naturalism and physicalism; Mind; Material constitution; Endurantism and perdurantism; Personal identity; Free will; God; New directions in metaphysics; Note; Chapter 1 Research Problems and Methods; Methodology in metaphysics: A very brief history; The new metaphysics; New challenges for serious metaphysics; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Modality; The problem of modality; Worlds as a solution; De re modality; Notes; References Chapter 3 Universals and Abstract ObjectsWhat is a universal?; What is an abstract object?; Some clarifications regarding terminology; Universals, mathematical objects, and language; Platonism vs nominalism9; Connecting platonisms: Logicism; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Naturalism and Physicalism; Two influential "Ism"s; Interpreting "Naturalism"; Formulating physicalism; Support for naturalism and/or physicalism; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Mind; Preliminary census; The live options; Score keeping; The state of play; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Material Constitution The orthodox view: Coincident objectsDominant kinds; Nihilism; Revising the logic of identity; Future research; Notes; References; Chapter 7 Endurantism and Perdurantism; Introduction; Populationism; Dimensionalism; Occupationalism; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 8 Personal Identity; Neo-Lockean theories; Animalism; Constitution theories; Persons as spatial parts of animals; Four-dimensionalism; Needed research; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Free Will; Do we have free will? Preliminaries to approaching the question; General positions with respect to the nature of free will Positive answers to the existence questionNegative answers to the existence question; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 10 God; Conceptions of God; Schema A (The doxastic possibility that God exists); Schema B (Causal order and the cosmological argument); Schema B (Fine-tuning and the argument for design); Coda; Notes; References; Chapter 11 New Directions in Metaphysics; Quine's method for metaphysics; Deflationary metaphysics; Experimental metaphysics; A modest proposal15; Notes; References; Annotated Bibliography; Chapter 1 Research problems and methods; Chapter 2 Modality Chapter 3 Universals and abstract objectsChapter 4 Naturalism and physicalism; Chapter 5 Mind; Chapter 6 Material constitution; Chapter 7 Endurantism and perdurantism; Chapter 8 Personal identity; Chapter 9 Free will; Chapter 10 God; Chapter 11 New directions in metaphysics; Research Guide; Online resources; Online databases, research, and papers; Print resources; A-Z Index of Key Terms and Concepts; Index Bridging the gap between the familiar figures of the history of philosophy and the technical approaches favoured by contemporary philosophers, The Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics introduces the key ideas and debates needed to understand analytic metaphysics. Presenting an effective syllabus for an introductory course in contemporary metaphysics, this companion brings together a team of leading metaphysicians. It begins with a comprehensive introduction to methodological problems and methods, before tackling the perennial metaphysical questions surrounding core topics such as: • Modali |
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| Beschreibung: | ix, 384 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781472585851 978-1-4725-8585-1 |