Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction provides an overview of Scholastic
approaches to causation, substance, essence, modality, identity, persistence, teleology, and …

In The Structure of the World, Steven French articulates and defends the bold claim that
there are no objects. At the most fundamental level, modern physics presents us with a world …

Systematic metaphysics is defined by its task of solving metaphysical problems through the
repeated application of single, fundamental ontology. The dominant contemporary …

Structure and the Metaphysics of Mind is the first book to show how hylomorphism can be
used to solve mind-body problems--persistent problems understanding how thought, feeling …

Many authors have argued in favour of an ontology of properties as powers, and it has been
widely argued that this ontology allows us to address certain philosophical problems in …

Names: Anjum, Rani Lill, author.| Mumford, Stephen, author. Title: What tends to be the
philosophy of dispositional modality/by Rani Lill Anjum and Stephen Mumford. Description …

Mental causation is vitally important to the integrated information theory (IIT), which says
consciousness exists since it is causally efficacious. While it might not be directly apparent …

Identifying causal relationships is at the heart of all scientific inquiry, and a means to
evidence base practices and to guide policymaking. However, being aware of the …

Metaphysics and science have a long but troubled relationship. In the twentieth century the
Logical Positivists argued metaphysics was irrelevant and that philosophy should be guided …

This book critically examines the recent discussions of powers and powers-based accounts
of causation. The author then develops an original view of powers-based causation that …