Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

The world contains objective causal relations and universals, both of which are intimately connected.

The world contains objective causal relations and universals, both of which are intimately connected.

Since its publication in 1959, Individuals has become a modern philosophical classic.

Metaphysics of Consciousness opens with a development of the physicalist outlook that denies the need for any explanation of the mental.

Metaphysics of Consciousness opens with a development of the physicalist outlook that denies the need for any explanation of the mental.

Jennifer Trusted's new book argues that metaphysical beliefs are essential for scientific inquiry.

Jennifer Trusted's new book argues that metaphysical beliefs are essential for scientific inquiry.

Many people who do not believe in God believe that 'everything is God' - that everything is part of an all-inclusive divine unity.

Many people who do not believe in God believe that 'everything is God' - that everything is part of an all-inclusive divine unity.

Genevieve Lloyd's book is a provocative and accessible essay on the fragmentation of the self as explored in philosophy and literature.

Genevieve Lloyd's book is a provocative and accessible essay on the fragmentation of the self as explored in philosophy and literature.

This book introduces student to the three major figures of modern philosophy known as the rationalists.

This book introduces student to the three major figures of modern philosophy known as the rationalists.

Everything we do relies on causation.

Everything we do relies on causation.

Real Time II extends and evolves DH Mellor's classic exploration of the philosophy of time,Real Time.

Real Time II extends and evolves DH Mellor's classic exploration of the philosophy of time,Real Time.

Written in an engaging dialogue style, Smith and Oaklander cover metaphysical topics from a student's perspective and introduce key concepts through a process of explanation, reformulation and critique.

Written in an engaging dialogue style, Smith and Oaklander cover metaphysical topics from a student's perspective and introduce key concepts through a process of explanation, reformulation and critique.

Contemporary Materialism brings together the best recent work on materialism from many of our leading contemporary philosophers.

Contemporary Materialism brings together the best recent work on materialism from many of our leading contemporary philosophers.

First published in 1995.

First published in 1995.

Substance has been a leading idea in the history of Western philosophy.

Substance has been a leading idea in the history of Western philosophy.

Michael Luntley provides a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism.

Michael Luntley provides a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism.

In The Nature of God, Gerard Hughes takes the central attributes ascribed to God, such as Existence, Simplicity, Omniscience, Omnipotence and Goodness and gives them a historical and analytical background.

In The Nature of God, Gerard Hughes takes the central attributes ascribed to God, such as Existence, Simplicity, Omniscience, Omnipotence and Goodness and gives them a historical and analytical background.

Verificationism is the first comprehensive history of a concept that dominated philosophy and scientific methodology between the 1930s and the 1960s.

Verificationism is the first comprehensive history of a concept that dominated philosophy and scientific methodology between the 1930s and the 1960s.

Artificial Knowing challenges the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world.

Artificial Knowing challenges the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world.

Do we really know the things we think we know?

Do we really know the things we think we know?

If you keep removing single grains of sand from a heap, when is it no longer a heap?

If you keep removing single grains of sand from a heap, when is it no longer a heap?

Belief in the afterlife is still very much alive in Western civilisation, even though the truth of its existence is no longer universally accepted.

Belief in the afterlife is still very much alive in Western civilisation, even though the truth of its existence is no longer universally accepted.

What is technology?

What is technology?

Possible Worlds presents the first up-to-date and comprehensive examination of one of the most important topics in metaphysics.

Possible Worlds presents the first up-to-date and comprehensive examination of one of the most important topics in metaphysics.

Dualism argues that the mind is more than just the brain.

Dualism argues that the mind is more than just the brain.

Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century.

Personal Identity and Self-Consciousness is about persons and personal identity.

Personal Identity and Self-Consciousness is about persons and personal identity.

First Published in 2004.