| Description |
vi, 513 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Philosophical perspectives,
1520-8583 ;
v. 20
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Philosophical perspectives ; 20.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
"A supplement to Noûs."--Cover. |
| Contents |
Infinity, relativity and smoothness / Frank Arntzenius -- A definition of necessity / George Bealer -- Absolute actuality and the plurality of worlds / Philip Bricker -- Two modal-Isms: fictionalism and ersatzism / Berit Brogaard -- Neo-Fregean ontology / Matti Eklund -- What are sets and what are they for? / Alex Oliver & Timothy Smiley -- Relativistic persistence / Ian Gibson & Oliver Pooley -- Where in the relativistic world are we? / Cody Gilmore -- Counterfactuals and the analysis of necessity / Boris Kment -- Modal realism / Kris McDaniel -- In defense of essentialism / L. A. Paul -- Failures to act and failures of additivity / Carolina Sartorio -- 'Bare particulars' / Theodore Sider -- Counting across times / Zoltán Gendler Szabó -- Receptacles / Gabriel Uzquiano -- Names for relations / Peter van Inwagen -- Asymmetric magnets problem / Brain Weatherson -- Illusions of gunk / J. R. G. Williams. |
| Subject |
Metaphysics.
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Metaphysics. |
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
| Added Author |
Hawthorne, John (John P.)
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| Added Title |
Noûs. Supplement. v. 40, 2006.
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