02900nam 2200637Ia 450 991077840080332120230828203403.00-19-171061-X1-280-87018-40-19-153756-X1-4356-0723-6(CKB)1000000000479381(EBL)422897(OCoLC)466434038(SSID)ssj0000201743(PQKBManifestationID)11171580(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000201743(PQKBWorkID)10245653(PQKB)10389989(StDuBDS)EDZ0000076252(MiAaPQ)EBC422897(Au-PeEL)EBL422897(CaPaEBR)ebr10177921(CaONFJC)MIL87018(MiAaPQ)EBC7035781(Au-PeEL)EBL7035781(EXLCZ)99100000000047938120051102d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMetaphysical essays[electronic resource] /John HawthorneOxford Clarendon20061 online resource (310 p.)Includes index.0-19-929123-3 0-19-929124-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction and Acknowledgements; 1. Identity; 2. Locations; 3. Plenitude, Convention, and Ontology; 4. Recombination, Causal Constraints, and Humean Supervenience: An Argument for Temporal Parts?; 5. Three-Dimensionalism; 6. Motion and Plenitude; 7. Gunk and Continuous Variation; 8. Vagueness and the Mind of God; 9. Epistemicism and Semantic Plasticity; 10. Causal Structuralism; 11. Quantity in Lewisian Metaphysics; 12. Determinism De Re; 13. Why Humeans Are Out of Their Minds; 14. Chance and Counterfactuals; 15. What Would Teleological Causation Be?16. Before-Effect and Zeno CausalityIndexJohn Hawthorne is widely regarded as one of the finest philosophers working today. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to metaphysics, and this volume collects his most notable papers in this field. Hawthorne offers original treatments of fundamental topics in philosophy, including identity, ontology, vagueness, and causation. Six of the essays appear here for the first time, and there is a valuable introduction to guide the reader through the selection. - ;John Hawthorne is widely regarded as one of the finest philosophers working today. He is perhaps best known for his contributioMetaphysicsPhilosophyMetaphysics.Philosophy.110Hawthorne John(John P.)906387MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778400803321Metaphysical essays3688254UNINA