Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

The Philosophy of Homelessness is borne out of a five-year ethnographic research project involving being with a group of chronically homeless people in Chester.

This book, first published in 1987, is about the classic free will problem, construed in terms of the implications of moral responsibility.

This book, first published in 1987, is about the classic free will problem, construed in terms of the implications of moral responsibility.

The problem of freedom and determinism is one of the most enduring, and one of the best, problems in philosophy.

The problem of freedom and determinism is one of the most enduring, and one of the best, problems in philosophy.

This title was first published in 2000: Beginning with a sustained argument against the new tenseless theory of time and against McTaggart's A series/B series distinction, the author of this essay goes on to provide a non-paradoxical, tensed, phenomenologically-based account of the 'going on' or 'taking place' of events in time that escapes the paradoxes endemic to 'passage' as understood via the A series/B series distinction.

This title was first published in 2000: Beginning with a sustained argument against the new tenseless theory of time and against McTaggart's A series/B series distinction, the author of this essay goes on to provide a non-paradoxical, tensed, phenomenologically-based account of the 'going on' or 'taking place' of events in time that escapes the paradoxes endemic to 'passage' as understood via the A series/B series distinction.

Title first published in 2003.

Title first published in 2003.

Ellis shows that realistic theories of quantum mechanics, time, causality and human freedom - all problematic areas for the acceptance of scientific realism - can be developed satisfactorily.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2002.

This title was first published in 2002.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

Perhaps everyone who can think has the concept of possibility, but no one understands it.

Perhaps everyone who can think has the concept of possibility, but no one understands it.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions offers the first book-length defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement (MRTJ).

Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions offers the first book-length defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement (MRTJ).

Winner of the hegelpd-prize 2022Contemporary philosophical discourse has deeply problematized the possibility of absolute existence.

Winner of the hegelpd-prize 2022Contemporary philosophical discourse has deeply problematized the possibility of absolute existence.

The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy.

The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy.

This title was first published in 2003:This book explores the problem of realism, both metaphysical and scientific.

This title was first published in 2003:This book explores the problem of realism, both metaphysical and scientific.

Timothy Williamson is one of the most influential living philosophers working in the areas of logic and metaphysics.

This title was first published in 2002: In Space, Time and the Ethical Foundations ideas about space and time are developed, unique to the history of philosophy, that match the new physics.

This title was first published in 2002: In Space, Time and the Ethical Foundations ideas about space and time are developed, unique to the history of philosophy, that match the new physics.

If the physical constants, initial conditions, or laws of nature in our universe had been even slightly different, then the evolution of life would have been impossible.

If the physical constants, initial conditions, or laws of nature in our universe had been even slightly different, then the evolution of life would have been impossible.

Timothy Williamson is one of the most influential living philosophers working in the areas of logic and metaphysics.

This book connects Schopenhauer's philosophy with transcendental idealism by exploring the distinctly Kantian roots of his pessimism.

This book connects Schopenhauer's philosophy with transcendental idealism by exploring the distinctly Kantian roots of his pessimism.

Practices - specific, recurrent types of human action and activity - are perhaps the most fundamental "e;building blocks"e; of social reality.

Practices - specific, recurrent types of human action and activity - are perhaps the most fundamental "e;building blocks"e; of social reality.

This book provides a coherent and unifying view for logic and representation learning to contribute to knowledge graph (KG) reasoning and produce better computational tools for integrating both worlds.

Philosophy for A Level is an accessible textbook for the new 2017 AQA Philosophy syllabus.

Philosophy for A Level is an accessible textbook for the new 2017 AQA Philosophy syllabus.

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Substance and the Fundamentality of the Familiar explicates and defends a novel neo-Aristotelian account of the structure of material objects.