Metaphysics, 2001

Author(s)

• Tomberlin, James E.

Bibliographic Information

Metaphysics, 2001

edited by James E. Tomberlin

（Philosophical perspectives, 15）

Blackwell, c2001

• : pbk

Note

"A supplement to Noûs" -- cover

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780631230281

Description

Externalism, Naturalism, Mathematics, Ontology, Personal Identity, Time and Tense, The Metaphysics of Reference, The Metaphysics of Properties, Conceivability, The Physical, and Theoretical Identity, and Actualism- these are some of the central issues addressed in the essays of this fifteenth volume devoted to metaphysics. Essays discussing metaphysics from some of the foremost academics in philosophy. Topics include Ontology, Personal Identity, the metaphysics of reference, and the metaphysics of properties.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Ninth PhilosophicalPerspectives Lecture:. 1. Thinking about Things: Michael Jubien. Part II: Externalism, Naturalism, Nominalism, and Mathematics:. 2. The Case for Phenomenal Externalism: Willaim G. Lycan. 3. Naturalism: Friends and Foes: Penelope Maddy. 4. Nominalism, Naturalism, Epistemic Relativism: Gideon Rosen. 5. The Limits of Human Mathematics: Nathan Salmon. Part III: Ontology:. 6. Touching: Hud Hudson. 7. How to Be an Eleatic Monist: Michael C. Rea. 8. Against Creationism in Fiction: Takashi Yagisawa. Part IV: Personal Identity:. 9. Realism About Personal Identity Over Time: Trenton Merricks. 10. Criteria of Personal Identity and the Limits of Conceptual Analysis: Theodore Sider. Part V: Time and Tense:. 11. Metaphysical Austerity and the Problems of Temporal and Modal Anaphora: Peter Ludlow. 12. McTaggart on Time: Judith Jarvis Thomson. Part VI: The Metaphysics of Reference:. 13. Russellianism and Explanation: David Braun. 14. Day Designations: Jeffrey C. King. 15. Fregean Senses, Modes of Presentation, and Concepts: Edward N. Zalta. Part VII: The Metaphysics of Properties:. 16. Causal Structuralism: John HawtHorne. Part VIII: Conceivability, the Physical, and Theoretical Identity:. 17. On Theoretical Identifications: G. W. Fitch. 18. The Conceivability Argument and Two Conceptions of the Physical: Daniel Stoljar. Part IX: Actualism: an Exchange:. 19. Sustaining Actualism: Michael Devitt. 20. How Not to Be an Actualist: James E. Tomberline.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780631230298

Description

Externalism, Naturalism, Mathematics, Ontology, Personal Identity, Time and Tense, The Metaphysics of Reference, The Metaphysics of Properties, Conceivability, The Physical, and Theoretical Identity, and Actualism- these are some of the central issues addressed in the essays of this fifteenth volume devoted to metaphysics. * Essays discussing metaphysics from some of the foremost academics in philosophy. * Topics include Ontology, Personal Identity, the metaphysics of reference, and the metaphysics of properties.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Ninth Philosophical Perspectives Lecture:. 1. Thinking about Things: Michael Jubien. Part II: Externalism, Naturalism, Nominalism, and Mathematics:. 2. The Case for Phenomenal Externalism: Willaim G. Lycan. 3. Naturalism: Friends and Foes: Penelope Maddy. 4. Nominalism, Naturalism, Epistemic Relativism: Gideon Rosen. 5. The Limits of Human Mathematics: Nathan Salmon. Part III: Ontology:. 6. Touching: Hud Hudson. 7. How to Be an Eleatic Monist: Michael C. Rea. 8. Against Creationism in Fiction: Takashi Yagisawa. Part IV: Personal Identity:. 9. Realism About Personal Identity Over Time: Trenton Merricks. 10. Criteria of Personal Identity and the Limits of Conceptual Analysis: Theodore Sider. Part V: Time and Tense:. 11. Metaphysical Austerity and the Problems of Temporal and Modal Anaphora: Peter Ludlow. 12. McTaggart on Time: Judith Jarvis Thomson. Part VI: The Metaphysics of Reference:. 13. Russellianism and Explanation: David Braun. 14. Day Designations: Jeffrey C. King. 15. Fregean Senses, Modes of Presentation, and Concepts: Edward N. Zalta. Part VII: The Metaphysics of Properties:. 16. Causal Structuralism: John HawtHorne. Part VIII: Conceivability, the Physical, and Theoretical Identity:. 17. On Theoretical Identifications: G. W. Fitch. 18. The Conceivability Argument and Two Conceptions of the Physical: Daniel Stoljar. Part IX: Actualism: an Exchange:. 19. Sustaining Actualism: Michael Devitt. 20. How Not to Be an Actualist: James E. Tomberline.

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Details

• NCID: BA58788250
• ISBN:
  • 0631230289
  • 0631230297
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Malden, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 426 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA11526829