Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics

Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics is about some of the most fundamental kinds of things that there are; the things that we encounter in everyday experience.

• A book about the things that we encounter in everyday experience.
  
• Contains a thorough and accessible discussion of the nature and aims of metaphysics.
  
• Examines a wide range of ontological categories, including both particulars and universals.
  
• Mounts a forceful and persuasive case for anti-reductionism.

Author: Cynthia MacDonald
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.74w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780631186953

About the Author
Cynthia Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She is Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy and the author or editor of numerous publications, including The Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation (co-edited with Graham Macdonald, Blackwell, 1994), Connectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation (co-edited with Graham Macdonald, Blackwell, 1995) and Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics (co-edited with Stephen Laurence, Blackwell, 1998).