{"product_id":"metaphysics-volume-20-isbn-9781405167925","title":"Metaphysics, Volume 20","description":"\u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Perspectives Volume 20, Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e, contains over 15 articles from leading philosophers of Metaphysics. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together original essays by some of the foremost thinkers in the field, among them Theodore Sider, Peter Van Inwagen and J.R.G. Williams\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores such topics as infinity and causation, the nature and epistemology of modality, and the persistence of objects through relativistic time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  I FRANK ARNTZENIUS, Infinity Relativity and Smoothness 1. \u003cp\u003eII GEORGE BEALER, A Definition of Necessity 17.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII PHILIP BRICKER, Absolute Actuality and The Plurality of Worlds 41.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV BERIT BROGAARD, Two Modal–Isms: Fictionalism and Ersatzism 77.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV MATTI EKLUND, Neo-Fregean Ontology 95.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI ALEX OLIVER \u0026amp; TIMOTHY SMILEY, What Are Sets and What Are They For? 123.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII IAN GIBSON \u0026amp; OLIVER POOLEY, Relativistic Persistence 157.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII CODY GILMORE, Where in the Relativistic World Are We? 199.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX BORIS KMENT, Counterfactuals and the Analysis of Necessity 237.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX KRIS MCDANIEL, Modal Realisms 303.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXI L. A. PAUL, In Defense of Essentialism 333.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXII CAROLINA SARTORIO, Failures to Act and Failures of Additivity 373.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXIII THEODORE SIDER, “Bare Particulars” 387.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXIV ZOLT´AN GENDLER SZAB´O, Counting Across Times 399.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXV GABRIEL UZQUIANO, Receptacles 427.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXVI PETER VAN INWAGEN, Names for Relations 453.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXVII BRIAN WEATHERSON, The Asymmetric Magnets Problem 479.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXVIII J. R. G. WILLIAMS, Illusions of Gunk 493\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eKnowledge and Lotteries\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSubstance and Individuation in Leibniz\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jan Cover, 1999), and \u003ci\u003eThe Grammar of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mark Lance, 1997). \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e, an annual, aims to publish original essays by foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume confined to a main area of Philosophical research. \u003ci\u003eVolume 20\u003c\/i\u003e contains eighteen new articles on various metaphysical issues. Some of the top minds in the profession explore such topics as infinity and causation, the nature and epistemology of modality, the persistence of objects through relativistic time, and more.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989613756645,"sku":"NP9781405167925","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405167925.jpg?v=1761784812","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/metaphysics-volume-20-isbn-9781405167925","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}