{"product_id":"metaphysics-paperback-9781108740623","title":"Metaphysics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108740623","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume is based on the lectures given at The Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2016–7.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnthony O'Hear (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108740623, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 September 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e404 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume is based on the lectures given in London at The Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2016–17. The topic chosen for the series was metaphysics, an area where at the moment there is much exciting and innovative work being done. Several papers in the volume consider the nature of metaphysical explanation, its scope and limits. There are also papers on such central metaphysical topics as essence, necessity, possibility and identity. Ranging wider, and testifying to the breadth of metaphysics as a subject, there are treatments of free will, of solipsism in Wittgenstein's philosophy of the 1930s, of the nature of social practices, of the notion that the conceptual recommendations of metaphysics are to do with assessing and perhaps changing the way we live, and also a consideration of the ontological status of the foetus and the unborn child.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Laws for metaphysical explanation Jonathan Schaffer\u003cbr\u003e 2. Irrealism about grounding Naomi Thompson\u003cbr\u003e 3. Against conservatism in metaphysics Maegan Fairchild and John Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cardinals, ordinals and the prospects for a Fregean foundation Eric Snyder, Stewart Shapiro and Richard Samuels\u003cbr\u003e 5. The basis of necessity and possibility Bob Hale\u003cbr\u003e 6. Changing metaphysics: what difference does it make? Amie L. Thomasson\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lady parts: the metaphysics of pregnancy Elselijn Kingma\u003cbr\u003e 8. Spaces of possibility Timothy Williamson\u003cbr\u003e 9. Wittgenstein on solipsism in the 1930s: private pains, private languages, and two uses of 'I' Tim Button\u003cbr\u003e 10. What is a social practice Sally Haslanger\u003cbr\u003e 11. Almost identical, almost innocent Katherine Hawley\u003cbr\u003e 12. Compatibilism, indeterminism, and chance Penelope Mackie\u003cbr\u003e 13. Quantifier variance dissolved Suki Finn and Otávio Bueno\u003cbr\u003e 14. Essence and mere necessity Jessica Leech\u003cbr\u003e 15. Towards a hylomorphic solution to the grounding problem Kathrin Koslicki\u003cbr\u003e 16. Metaphysical optimism Penelope Rush.\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], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\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":46005468463384,"sku":"9781108740623","price":29.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108740623i.jpg?v=1696718364","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/metaphysics-paperback-9781108740623","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}