02873nam 2200637Ia 450 991082285970332120200520144314.00-19-171061-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 /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.)906387MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822859703321Metaphysical essays3991312UNINA