Metaphysics, Volume 25

Philosophical Perspectives, an annual, aims to publish original essays by foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume confined to a main area of philosophical research.

Back to the Open Future Elizabeth Barnes Ross P. Cameron 1

By Our Bootstraps Karen Bennett 27

Life Without Essence: Man as a Force of Nature Mandel Cabrera Sarah Coolidge Joseph Almog 43

Ontological Superpluralism Ben Caplan 79

The Bare Necessities Shamir Dasgupta 115

An Abstract Characterization of the Determinable/Determinate Distinction Kit Fine 161

In Search of (Spacetime) Structuralism Hilary Greaves 189

What are Natural Kinds? Katherine Hawley Alexander Bird 205

A Metaphysical Mix: Morphing, Mai, and Mining Hud Hudson 223

Conspecific Coincidence and Mutual Incorporation Christopher Hughes 241

Multilocation and Mereology Shieva Kleinschmidt 253

Essence, Plenitude, and Paradox Sarah-Jane Leslie 277

Impure Reference: A Way Around the Concept Horse Paradox Fraser Macbride 297

The Extent of Metaphysical Necessity Daniel Nolan 313

Hylomorphism Reconsidered Michael C. Rea 341

Experience and the Passage of Time Bradford Skow 359

Relational vs. Constituent Ontologies Peter Van Inwagen 389

On Doing Ontology without Metaphysics Achille C. Varzi 407

Dispositions and Generics Ryan Wasserman 425

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, and The Grammar of Meaning.

Jason Turner is a philosopher who received his PhD from Rutgers University. He has worked at the University of Leeds, St. Louis University, and the University of Arizona.