New Waves in Metaphysics

A collection of new essays by young scholars on the cutting edge of this ancient philosophical area. Diverse topics, including ontology, free will, fundamental properties, and causation, the volume will appeal both to specialists and to anyone interested

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New Waves in Philosophy Series Editors: Vincent F. Hendricks and Duncan Pritchard Titles include: Otavio Bueno and Oystein Linnebo (editors) NEW WAVES IN PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS Boudewijn DeBruin and Christopher F. Zurn (editors) NEW WAVES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Allan Hazlett (editor) NEW WAVES IN METAPHYSICS Vincent F. Hendricks and Duncan Pritchard (editors) NEW WAVES IN EPISTEMOLOGY P.D. Magnus and Jacob Busch (editors) NEW WAVES IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Yujin Nagasawa and Erik J. Wielenberg (editors) NEW WAVES IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Evan Selinger and Søren Riis (editors) NEW WAVES IN PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY Thomas S. Petersen, Jesper Ryberg and Clark Wolf (editors) NEW WAVES IN APPLIED ETHICS Sarah Sawyer (editor) NEW WAVES IN PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Kathleen Stock and Katherine Thomson-Jones (editors) NEW WAVES IN AESTHETICS Forthcoming: Jesús Aguilar, Andrei A. Buckareff and Keith Frankish (editors) NEW WAVES IN PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION Thom Brooks (editor) NEW WAVES IN ETHICS Nikolaj Pedersen and Cory Wright (editors) NEW WAVES IN TRUTH Future Volumes New Waves in Philosophy of Mind New Waves in Meta-Ethics New Waves in Formal Philosophy New Waves in Philosophy of Law

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New Waves in Metaphysics Edited By

Allan Hazlett Fordham University, New York, USA

Selection and editorial matter © Allan Hazlett 2010 Chapters © their individual authors 2010

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