Oxford Studies in Metaphysics Volume 5 Volume 5

by Zimmerman, Dean

• ISBN13: 9780199575794
• ISBN10: 0199575797
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Oxford Studies in Metaphysicsis the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. Much of the most interesting work in philosophy today is metaphysical in character: this series is a much-needed focus for it.OSMoffers a broad view of the subject, featuring not only the traditionally central topics such as existence, identity, modality, time, and causation, but also the rich clusters of metaphysical questions in neighbouring fields, such as philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. Besides independent essays, volumes will often contain a critical essay on a recent book, or a symposium that allows participants to respond to one another's criticisms and questions. This fifth volume is largely focused on the metaphysics of time, with sections on time travel; persistence through time; and time, space, and location. The final section of the volume is devoted to a neglected topic that is starting to attract philosophical attention: the metaphysics of sounds. Anyone who wants to know what's happening in metaphysics can start here.

Author Biography

Dean W. Zimmerman is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

The Oxford Studies in Metaphysics: Younger Scholar Prize	p. ix
Time-Travel, à la Van Inwagen
Changing the Past	p. 3
Can a Soufflé Rise Twice? Van Inwagen's Irresponsible Time-Travelers	p. 29
Van Inwagen on Time-Travel and Changing the Past	p. 41
Persistence Through Time
Location and Perdurance	p. 53
Coinciding Objects and Duration Properties: Reply to Eagle	p. 95
Duration in Relativistic Spacetime	p. 113
Strange Kinds, Familiar Kinds, and the Charge of Arbitrariness	p. 119
Many as One	p. 145
Time, Space, and Location
Extrinsic Temporal Metrics	p. 179
Parthood and Multi-Location	p. 203
The Metaphysics of Sounds
Constructing a Theory of Sounds	p. 247
Hearing Sounds	p. 271
What Sounds Are	p. 279
Sounds and Temporality	p. 303
Index	p. 321
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