{"product_id":"varieties-of-things-foundations-of-contemporary-metaphysics-paperback","title":"Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVarieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e is about some of the most fundamental kinds of things that there are; the things that we encounter in everyday experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA book about the things that we encounter in everyday experience.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a thorough and accessible discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines a wide range of ontological categories, including both particulars and universals.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMounts a forceful and persuasive case for anti-reductionism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVarieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fundamental ontological categories of things; things that we encounter in everyday life, such as material substances, persons, events and universals. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author begins with a thorough and accessible discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics. She then goes on to develop tools that can be used to engage in metaphysical thinking about the basic varieties of things.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book both surveys existing accounts of the natures of these kinds of things, and argues for unique original positions of its own. The arguments support a systematically anti-reductionist view of the basic ontological categories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She is Associate Editor of the \u003ci\u003eAustralasian Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and the author or editor of numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation \u003c\/i\u003e(co-edited with Graham Macdonald, Blackwell, 1994), \u003ci\u003eConnectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Graham Macdonald, Blackwell, 1995) and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Stephen Laurence, Blackwell, 1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9 x 6.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132660650119,"sku":"9780631186953","price":67.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6afa1ee976abc0798719e38c87db97e9.webp?v=1732628248","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/varieties-of-things-foundations-of-contemporary-metaphysics-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}