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Metaphysics, Volume 20

ISBN: 978-1-405-16792-5

December 2006

Wiley-Blackwell

516 pages

Description
Philosophical Perspectives Volume 20, Metaphysics, contains over 15 articles from leading philosophers of Metaphysics.

  • Brings together original essays by some of the foremost thinkers in the field, among them Theodore Sider, Peter Van Inwagen and J.R.G. Williams
  • Explores such topics as infinity and causation, the nature and epistemology of modality, and the persistence of objects through relativistic time
About the Author
John Hawthorne is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published numerous articles on metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and early modern philosophy. His books include Knowledge and Lotteries, Substance and Individuation in Leibniz (with Jan Cover, 1999), and The Grammar of Meaning (with Mark Lance, 1997).
Features

  • Contains 18 new articles on various metaphysical issues
  • Brings together original essays by some of the foremost thinkers in the field, among them Theodore Sider, Peter Van Inwagen and J.R.G. Williams
  • Explores such topics as infinity and causation, the nature and epistemology of modality, and the persistence of objects through relativistic time