Title: Contemporary Readgings in the Foundations of Metaphysics
By: Laurence, Baker Sidney MacDonald & Cynthia MacDonald(ED.)
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 480
Vendor: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 1998

Dimensions: 9.02 X 6.03 X 1.44 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 13 ounces
ISBN: 0631201726
ISBN-13: 9780631201724
Stock No: WW201725

Publisher's Description

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This volume is a comprehensive survey of contemporary thought on a wide range of issues and provides students with the basic background to current debates in metaphysics.

Author Bio

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Stephen Laurence is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, England and is co-editor with Eric Margolis of Concepts: Core Readings (1998).

Cynthia Macdonald is Professor at the University of Canterbury at Christchurch, New Zealand. She is co-author with Graham Macdonald of Philosophy of Psychology (Blackwell Publishers, 1995) and Connectionism (Blackwell Publishers, 1995).

Editorial Reviews

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"This is a superb collection of seminal papers on fundamental matters in metaphysics: ontological commitment, possibilia, universals, substance, events, tropes, and mathematical objects. The pedagogical value of the volume is enhanced by state-of-the-art essays by leading philosophers in the field." Brian McLaughlin, Rutgers University