Current Controversies in Metaphysics

<p>This book showcases a range of views on topics at the forefront of current controversies in the field of metaphysics. It will give readers a varied and alive introduction to the field, and cover such key issues as: modality, fundamentality, composition, the object/property distinction, and indeterminacy. The contributors include some of the most important philosophers currently writing on these issues. The questions and philosophers are: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Are there any individuals at the fundamental level? / (1) Shamik Dasgupta (2) Jason Turner</li> <p> </p> <li>Is there an objective difference between essential and accidental properties? / (1) Meghan Sullivan (2) Kris McDaniel and Steve Steward</li> <p> </p> <li>Are there any worldly states of affairs? / (1) Daniel Nolan (2) Joseph Melia</li> <p> </p> <li>Are there any intermediate states of affairs? / (1) Jessica Wilson (2) Elizabeth Barnes and Ross Cameron</li> <p> </p> <li>Do ordinary objects exist? / (1) Trenton Merricks (2) Helen Beebee</li> </ul><p>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.</p> <p>INTRODUCTION</p><p>Elizabeth Barnes, University of Leeds</p><p>PART 1: Are there any individuals at the fundamental level?</p><p>1. Shamik Dasgupta, Princeton University</p><p>2. Jason Turner, University of Leeds</p><p>PART 2: Is there an objective difference between essential and accidental properties?</p><p>1. Meghan Sullivan, University of Notre Dame</p><p>2. Kris McDaniel, Syracuse University</p><p>PART 3: Are there any worldly states of affairs?</p><p>1. Daniel Nolan, Australia National University</p><p>2. Joseph Melia, Oxford University</p><p>PART 4: Are there any indeterminate states of affairs?</p><ol> <p> </p> <li>Jessica Wilson, University of Toronto</li> <p> </p> <li>Elizabeth Barnes, University of Leeds</li> </ol>