Metaphysics

- Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy
- Introduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, David M.


Informationen zum Autor Robert C. Koons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author and editor of seven books, including most recently The Atlas of Reality (with Timothy Pickavance), and Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (with William Simpson and Nicholas Teh). Klappentext Metaphysics: The Fundamentals presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics.* Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy* Introduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, Kit Fine, Peter van Inwagen, John Hawthorne and many others* Explores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principles* Addresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and time Zusammenfassung Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy Introduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, David M. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix1 What Is Metaphysics? 11.1 The Subject of Metaphysics 11.2 The Methods of Metaphysics 21.3 The Waxing and Waning of Metaphysics 31.4 Modern Challenges to Metaphysics 41.5 The Renaissance of Metaphysics in the Later "Analytic" Era 61.6 Metaphysics as First Philosophy 81.7 Overview of the Book 92 Truthmakers 152.1 Propositions 172.2 Classical Truthmaker Theory 202.3 Deflationism 342.4 Truth Supervenes on Being 362.5 Conclusion 383 Causation and Powers 403.1 Do Causes Exist? 413.2 Causal Dispositions and Conditionals 453.3 Four Metaphysical Theories 473.4 Neo-Humeism 533.5 Powerism 633.6 Conclusion 744 Properties 764.1 The Theoretical Role of Properties 774.2 Realism 794.3 Reductive Nominalism 884.4 Trope Theory 965 Particulars 1025.1 Facts 1025.2 Substances 1045.3 Conclusion 1246 Composition 1266.1 The Special Composition Question 1276.2 Ontological Free Lunch? 1316.3 Atomism and Monism 1386.4 Emergence and Compositional Pluralism 1446.5 Possible Evidence for Compositional Emergence 1456.6 Conclusion 1527 Modality 1547.1 Possible Worlds: Concretism versus Abstractionism 1577.2 Modality De Re: Transworld Identity versus Counterpart Theory 1758 The Passage of Time 1828.1 The A Theory and the B Theory 1828.2 Varieties of A Theories 1858.3 Arguments for the B Theory 1888.4 Arguments for the A Theory 1928.5 Conclusion 1989 Continuity and Persistence 1999.1 Discrete and Continuous Causation 2009.2 Instants versus Intervals: Which Are Fundamental? 2029.3 Possible and Impossible Super-Tasks 2069.4 Persistence: Fundamental or Non-Fundamental, Supervenient or Anti-Supervenient? 2119.5 The Persistence of Simple Things: The Problem of Intrinsic Motion 2159.6 The Persistence of Composite Things: Paradoxes of Intransitivity 2179.7 Extreme Perdurantism: Who Needs Persistence? 2249.8 Conclusion: Two Metaphysical Packages 22710 Concluding Unmetaphysical Postscript 23010.1 Metaphysical Truth: Anti-Realism 23110.2 Metaphysical Language: Nonsense and Verbal Disagreement 23410.3 Metaphysical Skepticism 23810.4 Metaphysical Fictions 24010.5 Conclusion: The Inevitability of Metaphysics 241References 242Index 250...

Klappentext
Metaphysics: The Fundamentals presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics. * Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy * Introduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, Kit Fine, Peter van Inwagen, John Hawthorne and many others * Explores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principles * Addresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and time

Inhalt
Acknowledgments ix 1 What Is Metaphysics? 1 1.1 The Subject of Metaphysics 1 1.2 The Methods of Metaphysics 2 1.3 The Waxing and Waning of Metaphysics 3 1.4 Modern Challenges to Metaphysics 4 1.5 The Renaissance of Metaphysics in the Later "Analytic" Era 6 1.6 Metaphysics as First Philosophy 8 1.7 Overview of the Book 9 2 Truthmakers 15 2.1 Propositions 17 2.2 Classical Truthmaker Theory 20 2.3 Deflationism 34 2.4 Truth Supervenes on Being 36 2.5 Conclusion 38 3 Causation and Powers 40 3.1 Do Causes Exist? 41 3.2 Causal Dispositions and Conditionals 45 3.3 Four Metaphysical Theories 47 3.4 Neo-Humeism 53 3.5 Powerism 63 3.6 Conclusion 74 4 Properties 76 4.1 The Theoretical Role of Properties 77 4.2 Realism 79 4.3 Reductive Nominalism 88 4.4 Trope Theory 96 5 Particulars 102 5.1 Facts 102 5.2 Substances 104 5.3 Conclusion 124 6 Composition 126 6.1 The Special Composition Question 127 6.2 Ontological Free Lunch? 131 6.3 Atomism and Monism 138 6.4 Emergence and Compositional Pluralism 144 6.5 Possible Evidence for Compositional Emergence 145 6.6 Conclusion 152 7 Modality 154 7.1 Possible Worlds: Concretism versus Abstractionism 157 7.2 Modality De Re: Transworld Identity versus Counterpart Theory 175 8 The Passage of Time 182 8.1 The A Theory and the B Theory 182 8.2 Varieties of A Theories 185 8.3 Arguments for the B Theory 188 8.4 Arguments for the A Theory 192 8.5 Conclusion 198 9 Continuity and Persistence 199 9.1 Discrete and Continuous Causation 200 9.2 Instants versus Intervals: Which Are Fundamental? 202 9.3 Possible and Impossible Super-Tasks 206 9.4 Persistence: Fundamental or Non-Fundamental, Supervenient or Anti-Supervenient? 211 9.5 The Persistence of Simple Things: The Problem of Intrinsic Motion 215 9.6 The Persistence of Composite Things: Paradoxes of Intransitivity 217 9.7 Extreme Perdurantism: Who Needs Persistence? 224 9.8 Conclusion: Two Metaphysical Packages 227 10 Concluding Unmetaphysical Postscript 230 10.1 Metaphysical Truth: Anti-Realism 231 10.2 Metaphysical Language: Nonsense and Verbal Disagreement 234 10.3 Metaphysical Skepticism 238 10.4 Metaphysical Fictions 240 10.5 Conclusion: The Inevitability of Metaphysics 241 References 242 Index 250

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