Table of contents;; introduction;; part one;; remarks on pasnau'smetaphysical themes: 1274-1671;; categories and modes of being;; response to arlig and symington;; part two;; an argument for hylomorphismor theism (but not both);;the rises and falls of analysisand metaphysics;; response to gyula klima's";the rises and falls of analysisand metaphysics";;; rejoinder to travis dumsday's response;; part three;;the burden of proof;; comments on alexander w. hall's";the burden of proof;; response to michael sirilla's comments;; appendix;; contributors
Summary
Metaphysical Themes, Medieval and Modern presents three sets of essays that engage themetaphysicsof substance through a study of thought on this theme over the last eight centuries, shedding light on contemporary disputes as well as the history of thought leading into the modern era. Part I grows out of an author-meets-critics panel on Robert Pasnau's Metaphysical Themes: 1274-1671 (OUP, 2011). Pasnau's rich study delves into the four centuries wherein later medieval thought gives way to th ..