{"product_id":"matters-of-metaphysics-hardback-9780521411172","title":"Matters of Metaphysics (Hardback) 9780521411172","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMatters of Metaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis selection of D. H. Mellor's work demonstrates the wide ranging originality of his work.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eD. H. Mellor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521411172, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 June 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.609 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The papers are briskly and clearly written, and vigorously argued, as any acquaintance with Mellor's work would lead one to expect....In a short review, it is impossible to adequately convey the richness of this collection.  It stands as evidence of Mellor's lasting contribution to contemporary analytic metaphysics.\"   Alex Byrne, The Philosophical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis selection of D. H. Mellor's work demonstrates the wide ranging originality of his work. It gathers together sixteen major papers on related topics. Together they form a complete modern metaphysics. The first five papers are on aspects of the mind: on our 'selves', their supposed subjectivity and how we refer to them, on the nature of conscious belief and on computational and physicalist theories of the mind. The next five papers deal with dispositions, natural kinds, laws of nature and how they involve natural necessity, universals and objective chances, and the relation between properties and predicates. Then follow three papers about the relations between time, change and causation, the nature of individual causes and effects and of the causal relation between them, and how causation depends on chance. The last three papers discuss the relation between chance and degrees of belief, give a solution to the problem of induction, and argue for an objective interpretation of decision theory.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Minds: 1. Analytic philosophy and the self\u003cbr\u003e 2. I and now (1989)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Consciousness and degrees of belief (1980)\u003cbr\u003e 4. How much of the mind is a computer? (1988)\u003cbr\u003e 5. (with Tim Crane) There is no question of physicalism (1990)\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Properties and Laws: 6. In defence of dispositions (1974)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Natural kinds (1977)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Necessities and universals in natural laws (1980)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Laws, chances and properties (1990)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Properties and predicates\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Causation: 11. McTaggart, fixity and coming true (1981)\u003cbr\u003e 12. The singularly affecting facts of causation (1987)\u003cbr\u003e 13. On raising the chances of effects (1988)\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Prediction and Decision: 14. Chance and degrees of belief (1982)\u003cbr\u003e 15. The warrant of induction (1988)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Objective decision making (1983)\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20metaphysics%20\u0026amp;%20ontology%20%5BHPJ%5D%22\"\u003eHPJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007247995160,"sku":"9780521411172","price":87.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521411172i_a567afe6-15e9-4c46-afd0-0bf5c7e363e8.jpg?v=1691381295","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/matters-of-metaphysics-hardback-9780521411172","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}