Books

Metaphysics: The Key Concepts

Co-authored with Nikk Effingham and Philip Goff

An undergraduate reference book really, with lots of short entries (between about 50 and 1200 words) on all kinds of stuff: Humean supervenience, presentism, libertarianism, conceptual schemes, ... and so on. An absolute bargain at £16.99; due out at the end of 2010.

The Semantics and Metaphysics of Natural Kinds

Co-edited with Nigel Sabbarton-Leary

Chapters by Corine Besson, Genoveva Marti and Jose Martinez, Asa Wikforss, Harold Noonan, Joseph LaPorte, Alexander Bird, Robin Hendry, me and Nigel, Emma Tobin, Jessica Wilson, and Richard Boyd. Admittedly a little pricy at £80, sorry.

Oxford Handbook of Causation

Co-edited with Chris Hitchcock and Peter Menzies

According to OUP, this is "the ultimate reference work on a fundamental but puzzling aspect of the universe". What more do you need to know?

Hume on Causation

This book is about, er, Hume on causation. Also inductive reasoning, and a bit about a priori reasoning, natural and philosophical relations, etc.

Reading Metaphysics: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary

Co-authored/edited with Julian Dodd

This book does what it says on the tin. The basic aim is to try and get students to actually think about what they're reading by asking them questions about it. It makes a good basis for seminar discussions, or at least that's what I use it for. The topics and authors are:

Personal identity (Parfit, Schechtman)
Free will (van Inwagen, Dennett)
Realism & anti-realism (Davidson, Nagel)
Realism & nominalism (Devitt, Armstrong)
Possible worlds (Lewis, Kripke)
Persistence (Lewis, Haslanger)

 

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