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New Waves in Metaphysics

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Editors:
  1. Allan Hazlett

    1. Fordham University, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: New Waves in Philosophy (NWIP)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Allan Hazlett
    Pages 1-7

  3. Quantification, Naturalness, and Ontology

    • Ross P. Cameron
    Pages 8-26

  4. Two Composition Questions in Action

    • Sara Rachel Chant
    Pages 27-53

  5. Another Look at the Reality of Race, By Which I Mean Race

    • Joshua Glasgow
    Pages 54-71

  6. Brutal Individuation

    • Allan Hazlett
    Pages 72-90

  7. Bringing Things About

    • Neal Judisch
    Pages 91-110

  8. Interpretation: Its Scope and Limits

    • Uriah Kriegel
    Pages 111-135

  9. Empirical Analyses of Causation

    • Douglas Kutach
    Pages 136-155

  10. Ghosts in the World Machine? Humility and Its Alternatives

    • Rae Langton, Christopher Robichaud
    Pages 156-178

  11. Is Everything Relative? Anti-Realism, Truth, and Feminism

    • Mari Mikkola
    Pages 179-198

  12. The Nature of Mathematical Objects: Minimalism and Modality

    • Kristie Miller
    Pages 199-218

  13. Are There Fundamental Intrinsic Properties?

    • Alyssa Ney
    Pages 219-239

  14. On the Very Idea of an Ecosystem

    • Jay Odenbaugh
    Pages 240-258

  15. The Prince of Wales Problem for Counterfactual Theories of Causation

    • Carolina Sartorio
    Pages 259-276

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 277-280
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About this book

A collection of new essays by young scholars on the cutting edge of this ancient philosophical area. Diverse topics, including ontology, free will, fundamental properties, and causation, the volume will appeal both to specialists and to anyone interested in the present and future state of metaphysics in the English-speaking world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fordham University, New York, USA

    Allan Hazlett

About the editor

ROSS P. CAMERON is a Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Leeds, UK SARA RACHEL CHANT is Assistant Professor in Philosophy, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA JOSHUA GLASGOW works on a variety of topics in moral and political philosophy NEAL JUDISCH is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, USA URIAH KRIEGEL is a Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science (and Associate Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies), University of Arizona, USA DOUGLAS KUTACH teaches in the Philosophy department, Brown University, USA RAE LANGTON is Professor of Philosophy at MIT, USA MARI MIKKOLA is a Lecturer in Philosophy, Lancaster University, UK KRISTIE MILLER is a Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia ALYSSA NEY is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, USA JAY ODENBAUGH is a member of the Department of Philosophy and the Environmental Studies Program at Lewis and Clark College, USA CHRISTOPHER ROBICHAUD is an Instructor in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and is finishing his doctorate in philosophy at MIT CAROLINA SARTORIO is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Waves in Metaphysics

  • Editors: Allan Hazlett

  • Series Title: New Waves in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297425

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22232-8Published: 20 January 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22233-5Published: 20 January 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29742-5Published: 30 April 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6720

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6739

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 280

  • Topics: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Modern Philosophy

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