Metaphysics in jars

The term ‘jar’ refers to any man-made shape with the capacity to enclose something. Few objects are as universal and multi-functional as a jar – regardless of whether they contain ...

Abstract This book aims to change how we think about what metaphysics can do, and why it matters. Traditionally, metaphysics has been presented as aiming to discover...

Aristotelian (or neo-Aristotelian) metaphysics is currently undergoing something of a renaissance. This volume brings together fourteen essays from leading philosophers who are sym...

Kurt Lampe’s “From Metaphysics to Ethics (with Bernard Stiegler, Heraclitus, and Aristotle)” serves as the postscript to the volume, the final encounter of this collection. Lampe c...

Abstract Laws of Nature and Chances presents a novel account of the metaphysics of laws, chances, fundamental ontology, and the arena it occupies called “the Package...

Abstract Sir Peter Strawson is not just among the greatest living philosophers, but also the leading proponent of analytic Kantianism. His seminal Individuals rehabi...

Abstract While well-known for his book-length work, philosopher Peter Unger’s articles have been less widely accessible. These two volumes of Unger’s Philosophical P...

Abstract A distinguished group of scholars of ancient philosophy here presents a systematic study of the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics. Lambda, which can b...