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 the metaphysics of 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 ..
