Metaphysics

An Anthology

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Edited by Ernest Sosa and Jaegwon Kim

Blackwell Publishers

Due/Published February 1999, 676 pages, paper

ISBN 063120279x

This anthology, intended to accompany A companion to Metaphysics (1995), brings together over 60 selections which represent the best and most important works in metaphysics during this century. The selections are grouped under 9 major metaphysical problems and each section is preceded by an introduction by the editors. The problems covered include existence, identity, essence and essential properties, "possible worlds, " things and their identity over time. emergence and supervenience, causality, and realism/antirealism. The comprehensive coverage is accessible to those without a background in technical philosophy.