Ebook: Current Controversies in Metaphysics

This book showcases a range of views on topics at the forefront of current controversies in the field of metaphysics. The contributors include some of the most important philosophers currently writing on these issues. The questions and philosophers are: Are there any individuals at the fundamental level? / (1) Shamik Dasgupta (2) Jason Turner, Is there an objective difference between essential and accidental properties? / (1) Meghan Sullivan (2) Kris McDaniel and Steve Steward, Are there any worldly states of affairs? / (1) Daniel Nolan (2) Joseph Melia, Are there any indeterminate states of affairs? / (1) Jessica Wilson (2) Elizabeth Barnes and Ross Cameron, Do ordinary objects exist? / (1) Trenton derricks (2) Helen Beebee, Editor Elizabeth Barnes guides readers through these controversies (all published here for the first time), with a synthetic introduction and succinct abstracts of each debate. Book jacket.  Read more...