Metaphysics - An Anthology 2E

Thoroughly updated, the second edition of this highly successful textbook continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in metaphysics. In addition to updated material from the first edition, it presents entirely new sections on ontology and the metaphysics of material objects.

• One of the most comprehensive and authoritative metaphysics anthologies available – now updated and expanded
• Offers the most important contemporary works on the central issues of metaphysics
• Includes new sections on ontology and the metaphysics of material objects, as well as readings on the topics of fictionalism, fundamentality, tropes, vague identity, temporary intrinsics, stage theory, and composition
• Surpasses other anthologies in its combination of contributions from leading metaphysicians and a younger generation of "rising-stars"

Jaegwon Kim is William Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. His publications include a number of influential papers in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, and Supervenience and Mind (1993), Mind in a Physical World (1998), Physicalism, or Something Near Enough (2005), and Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind (2010). He is co-editor of Blackwell’s Epistemology: An Anthology, second edition (2008).

Ernest Sosa taught from 1964 to 2007 at Brown University, and is currently Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Among his books are Knowledge in Perspective (1991), Epistemic Justification (with Laurence BonJour, Blackwell, 2003), A Virtue Epistemology (2007), Reflective Knowledge (2009), and Knowing Full Well (2010).He is also co-editor of Blackwell’s Epistemology: An Anthology, second edition (2008).

Daniel Korman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He specializes in metaphysics and has published articles in the Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, Nous and The Journal of Philosophy.

PrefaceJaegwon Kim, Ernest Sosa, Daniel Z. KormanPart I: Ontology 1. "On What There Is": W. V. Quine. 2. "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology": Rudolf Carnap.3. Holes : David and Stephanie Lewis4. Beyond Being and Nonbeing : Roderick M. Chisholm5. Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake? : Stephen Yablo6. Fictional Objects : Amie L. Thomasson7. On What Grounds What : Jonathan SchafferPart II: Identity8. "The Identity of Indiscernibles": Max Black9. "Primitive Thisness and Primitive Identity": Robert M. Adams10. "Identity and Necessity": Saul Kripke11. "Contingent Identity": Allan Gibbard12. Can There Be Vague Objects? : Gareth Evans13. Vague Identity : Robert C. StalnakerPart III: Modality 14. "Modalities: Basic Concepts and Distinctions": Alvin Plantinga15. Actualism and Thisness : Robert M. Adams16. A Philosopher s Paradise: The Plurality of Worlds : David Lewis17. Possible Worlds : Robert C. Stalnaker18. Modal Fictionalism : Gideon Rosen19. Essence and Modality : Kit FinePart IV: Properties20. "Natural Kinds": W. V. Quine21. "Causality and Properties": Sydney Shoemaker22. The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars : Keith Campbell23. "New Work for a Theory of Universals": David Lewis24. "Universals as Attributes": D. M. ArmstrongPart V: Causation25. On the Notion of Cause : Bertrand Russell26. Causes and Conditions : J.L. Mackie27. Causal Relations : Donald Davidson28. Causality and Determination : G.E.M. Anscombe29. Causation : David Lewis 30. Causal Connections : Wesley C. Salmon31. Causation: Reductionism Versus Realism : Michael Tooley32. Two Concepts of Causation : Ned Hall Part VI: Persistence33. Identity Through Time : Roderick M. Chisholm34. Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis : W. V. Quine35. Parthood and Identity Across Time : Judith Jarvis Thomson36. Temporal Parts of Four-Dimensional Objects : Mark Heller37. The Problem of Temporary Intrinsics : David Lewis38. Endurance and Temporary Intrinsics : Sally Haslanger39. All the World s a Stage : Theodore SiderPart VII: Persons40. Persons and Their Pasts : Sydney Shoemaker41. The Self and the Future : Bernard Williams42. Personal Identity : Derek Parfit43. Survival and Identity : David Lewis44. Lonely Souls: Causality and Substance Dualism : Jaegwon Kim45. The Ontological Status of Persons : Lynne Rudder Baker46. An Argument for Animalism Eric T. OlsonPart VIII: Objects47. When are Objects Parts? Peter van Inwagen48. Many But Almost One : David Lewis49. Existential Relativity : Ernest Sosa50. The Argument from Vagueness Theodore Sider51. Epiphenomenalism and Eliminativism Trenton Merricks52. Against Revisionary Ontology : Eli Hirsch53. Strange Kinds, Familiar Kinds, and the Charge of Arbitrariness : Daniel Z. Korman