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Volume I: Foundations General Introduction Introduction Part 1: Metaontology 1. Rudolf Carnap, ‘Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology’, Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic (University of Chicago Press, 1956), pp. 205?21. 2. W. V. Quine, ‘On What There Is’, The Review of Metaphysics, 2 (1948): 21?38. 3. David and Stephanie Lewis, ‘Holes’, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 48 (1970): 206?12. 4. Terence Parsons, ‘Are there Nonexistent Objects?’, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 19 (1982): 365?71. 5. Peter van Inwagen, ‘MetaOntology’, Erkenntnis, 48 (1998): 233?50. 6. Stephen Yablo, ‘Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake’, Aristotelian Society Supp., 72 (1998): 229?61. Part 2: Properties and Universals 7. Bertrand Russell, ‘The World of Universals’, The Problems of Philosophy (Clarendon Press, 1912), pp. 91?100. 8. H. H. Price, ‘Universals and Resemblance’, Thinking and Experience (Harvard University Press, 1962), pp. 7?32. 9. Nelson Goodman, ‘A World of Individuals’, in Bochenski, Church, and Goodman (eds.), The Problem of Universals (University of Notre Dame Press, 1956), pp. 13?31. 10. Keith Campbell, ‘The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars’, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 6 (1981): 477?88. 11. David Armstrong, ‘Universals as Attributes’, Universals: An Opinionated Introduction (Westview Press, 1989), 75?112. 12. David Lewis, ‘Modal Realism at Work: Properties’, On the Plurality of Worlds (Blackwell Publishing, 1986), 50?69. 13. George Bealer, ‘Universals’, Journal of Philosophy, 90 (1993): 5?32. 14. Peter van Inwagen, ‘A Theory of Properties’, Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, 1 (2004): 107?38. Part 3: Propositions, States of Affairs, and Events 15. Gottlob Frege, ‘The Thought: A Logical Inquiry’, trans. A. M. and Marcelle Quinton, Mind, 65 (1956): 289?311. 16. Richard Cartwright, ‘Propositions’, in R. J. Butler (ed.), Analytical Philosophy (Blackwell, 1962), pp. 81?103. 17. D. M. Armstrong, ‘A World of States of Affairs’, Philosophical Perspectives, 7 (1993): 429?40. 18. Roderick Chisholm, ‘States of Affairs’, Person and Object (Open Court, 1976), pp. 114?37. 19. Jaegwon Kim, ‘Events as Property Exemplifications’, in M. Brand and D. Walton (eds.), Action Theory (D. Reidel, 1975), pp. 159?77. 20. Donald Davidson, ‘On the Individuation of Events’, in N. Rescher (ed.), Essays in Honor of Carl G. Hempel (Reidel, 1969), pp. 216?34. 21. Jonathan Bennett, ‘What Events Are’, in R. Casati and A. C. Varzi (eds.), Events (Dartmouth, 1996), pp. 137?51. Volume II: Modality and Modal Structure I Introduction Part 4: Possible Worlds 22. Saul Kripke, ‘Semantical Considerations on Modal Logic’, Acta Philosophica Fennica, 16 (1963): 83?94. 23. David K. Lewis, ‘Possible Worlds’, On the Plurality of Worlds (Blackwell, 1996), pp. 1?20, 86?96. 24. D. M. Armstrong, ‘The Nature of Possibility’, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 16, 4 (1987): 575?94. 25. Peter van Inwagen, ‘Two Concepts of Possible Worlds’, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 9 (1986): 185?213. 26. Gideon Rosen, ‘Modal Fictionalism’, Mind, 99 (1990): 327?54. Part 5: De Re Modality 27. W. V. Quine, ‘Reference and Modality’, From a Logical Point of View (Harvard University Press, 1980), pp. 139?59. 28. David Lewis, ‘Counterparts or Double Lives’, Plurality of Worlds (Blackwell, 1986), pp. 192?8, 248?63. 29. Saul Kripke, ‘Identity and Necessity’, in M. K. Munitz (ed.), Identity and Individuation (New York University Press, 1971), pp. 135?64. 30. Alvin Plantinga, ‘Actualism and Possible Worlds’, Theoria, 42 (1976): 139?60. 31. Timothy Williamson, ‘Necessary Existents’, in A. O’Hear (ed.), Logic, Thought and Language, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement (Cambridge University Press, 2002), pp. 233?51. Part 6: Time 32. J. Ellis McTaggart, ‘The Unreality of Time’, Mind, 17 (1908): 457?74. 33. C. D. Broad, ‘McTaggart’s Arguments Against the Reality of Time’, Examination of McTaggart’s Philosophy, vol. 2 (Cambridge University Press, 1938), pp. 309?19. 34. Donald C. Williams, ‘The Myth of Passage’, Journal of Philosophy, 48 (1951): 457?72. 35. A. N. Prior, ‘Thank Goodness That’s Over!’, Philosophy, 34 (1959): 12?17. 36. John Bigelow, ‘Presentism and Properties’, Philosophical Perspectives, 10 (1996): 35?52. 37. Theodore Sider, ‘Against Presentism’, Four Dimensionalism (Oxford University Press, 2003), pp. 11?53. 38. Thomas M. Crisp, ‘Presentism and the Grounding Objection’, Nous, 41, 1 (2007): 90?109. Volume III: Modality and Modal Structure II Introduction Part 1: Laws of Nature 39. F. P. Ramsey, ‘Law and Causality’, in D. H. Mellor (ed.), Philosophical Papers (Cambridge University Press, 1990), 140?63. 40. David Lewis, ‘Humean Supervenience De-Bugged’, Mind, 103 (1994): 473?90. 41. Fred Dretske, ‘Laws of Nature’, Philosophy of Science, 44 (1977): 248?68. 42. D. M. Armstrong, ‘Laws of Nature as Relations Between Universals, and as Universals’, Philosophical Topics, 13 (1982): 7?24. 43. Chris Swoyer, ‘The Nature of Natural Laws’, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 60 (1982): 203?23. 44. Bas C. van Fraassen, ‘Armstrong on Laws and Probabilities’, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 65 (1987): 243?60. Part 8: Causality 45. J. L. Mackie, ‘Causes and Conditions’, American Philosophical Quarterly, 2 (1965): 245?64. 46. G. E. M. Anscombe, ‘Causality and Determination’, in E. Sosa (ed.), Causation and Conditionals (Oxford University Press, 1975), pp. 63?81. 47. Wesley Salmon, ‘Probabilistic Causality’, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 61 (1980): 50?74. 48. Michael Tooley, ‘Laws and Causal Relations’, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 9 (1984): 93?112. 49. David Lewis, ‘Causation’, Philosophical Papers 2 (Oxford University Press, 1986), pp. 159?213. 50. Jonathan Schaffer, ‘Trumping Preemption’, Journal of Philosophy, 97 (2000): 165?81. 51. David Lewis, ‘Causation as Influence’, Journal of Philosophy, 97 (2000): 182?97. Part 9: Ontological Relativity 52. W. V. Quine, ‘Ontological Relativity’, Journal of Philosophy, 65 (1968): 185?212. 53. Nelson Goodman, ‘Words, Works, Worlds’, Erkenntnis, 9 (1975): 57?73. 54. Hilary Putnam, ‘Is There Anything to Say About Reality and Truth’, The Many Faces of Realism (Open Court, 1987), pp. 3?21. 55. Ernest Sosa, ‘Existential Relativity’, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 22 (1999): 132?43. 56. Eli Hirsch, ‘Quantifier Variance and Realism’, Philosophical Issues, 12 (2002): 51?73. Volume IV: The Metaphysics of Material Objects I: Identity and Individuation Introduction Part 10: Individuation 57. Max Black, ‘The Identity of Indiscernibles’, Mind, 61 (1952): 153?64. 58. Edwin Allaire, ‘Bare Particulars’, Philosophical Studies, 14 (1963): 1?8. 59. Michael Loux, ‘Toward a Substance-Theory of Substance’, Substance and Attribute (D. Reidel, 1978), pp. 153?80. 60. James van Cleve, ‘Three Versions of the Bundle Theory’, Philosophical Studies, 47 (1985): 95?107. 61. Robert Adams, ‘Primitive Thisness and Primitive Identity’, Journal of Philosophy, 76 (1979): 5?26. 62. C. B. Martin, ‘Substance Substantiated’, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 58 (1980): 3?10. 63. John O’Leary Hawthorne and Jan A. Cover, ‘A World of Universals’, Philosophical Studies, 91 (1998): 205?19. 64. Dean Zimmerman, ‘Distinct Indiscernibles and the Bundle Theory’, Mind, 106 (1997): 305?9. 65. J. P. Moreland, ‘Theories of Individuation: Another Look at Bare Particulars’, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 79 (1998): 251?63. Part 11: Change and Persistence 66. David Lewis, ‘The Problem of Temporary Intrinsics’, On the Plurality of Worlds (Blackwell, 1986), pp. 202?4. 67. Peter van Inwagen, ‘Four Dimensional Objects’, Nous, 24 (1990): 245?55. 68. Sally Haslanger, ‘Endurance and Temporary Intrinsics’, Analysis, 49 (1989): 119?25. 69. Trenton Merricks, ‘Endurance and Indiscernibility’, Journal of Philosophy, 91 (1994): 165?84. 70. Dean Zimmerman, ‘Temporary Intrinsics and Presentism’, in Peter van Inwagen and Dean W. Zimmerman (eds.), Metaphysics: The Big Questions (Blackwell, 1989), pp. 206?19. 71. Theodore Sider, ‘Four-Dimensionalism’, Philosophical Review, 106 (1997): 197?231. 72. Theodore Sider, ‘All the World’s A Stage’, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 74 (1996): 433?53. 73. Sydney Shoemaker, ‘Identity, Properties, and Causality’, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 4 (1979): 321?42. Part 12: Personal Identity 74. Bernard Williams, ‘The Self and the Future’, Philosophical Review, 79 (1970): 161?80. 75. Derek Parfit, ‘Personal Identity’, Philosophical Review, 80 (1971): 3?27. 76. David Lewis, ‘Survival and Identity’ (with postscripts), in Amelie Rorty (ed.), Identities of Persons (UCLA Press, 1976), pp. 317?41. 77. Richard Swinburne, ‘Empiricist Theories’, Personal Identity (Oxford: Blackwell, 1984), pp. 3?34. Volume V: The Metaphysics of Material Objects II: Composition and Vagueness Introduction Part 13: Composition 78. Richard Cartwright, ‘Scattered Objects’, in Keith Lehrer (ed.), Analysis and Metaphysics (Reidel, 1975), pp. 153?71. 79. Peter van Inwagen, ‘The Special Composition Question’, Material Beings (Cornell University Press, 1990), pp. 81?94, 98?123, 288?9. 80. Peter Unger, ‘The Problem of the Many’, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 5 (1980): 411?25, 429?34, 441?51. 81. Hud Hudson, ‘The Many Problematic Solutions to the Problem of the Many’, A Materialist Metaphysics of the Human Person (Cornel University Press, 2001), pp. 11?44. 82. Kit Fine, ‘Things and their Parts’, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 23 (1999): 61?74. Part 14: Material Constitution 83. Michael Rea, ‘The Problem of Material Constitution’, The Philosophical Review, 104 (1995): 525?52. 84. Judith Jarvis Thomson, ‘Parthood and Identity Across Time’, Journal of Philosophy, 80 (1983): 201?20. 85. Roderick Chisholm, ‘Identity Through Time’, Person and Object: A Metaphysical Study (Open Court Publishing, 1979), pp. 89?113. 86. Allan Gibbard, ‘Contingent Identity’, Journal of Philosophical Logic, 4 (1975): 187?221. 87. Michael Burke, ‘Dion and Theon: An Essentialist Solution to an Ancient Puzzle’, Journal of Philosophy, 91 (1994): 129?39. 88. Stephen Yablo, ‘Identity, Essence and Indiscernability’, Journal of Philosophy, 84 (1987): 293?314. 89. L. A. Paul, ‘Logical Parts’, Nous, 36 (2002): 578?96. Part 15: Vagueness 90. Kit Fine, ‘Vagueness, Truth, and Logic’, Synthese, 30 (1975): 265?300. 91. Gareth Evans, ‘Can There Be Vague Objects?’, Analysis, 38 (1978): 208. 92. Peter Unger, ‘I Do Not Exist’, in G. F. McDonald (ed.), Perception and Identity (Macmillan Press, 1979), pp. 235?51. 93. David Lewis, ‘Vague Identity: Evans Misunderstood’, Analysis, 48 (1988): 128?30. 94. Peter van Inwagen, ‘How to Reason about Vague Objects’, Philosophical Topics, 16 (1988): 255?84. 95. Mark Sainsbury, ‘Is there Higher Order Vagueness?’, Philosophical Quarterly, 41 (1991): 167?82. 96. Timothy Williamson, ‘Vagueness and Ignorance’, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supp., 66 (1992): 145?62. 97. Roy Sorensen, ‘The Metaphysics of Words’, Philosophical Studies, 81 (1996): 193?214. 98. Dorothy Edgington, ‘Vagueness by Degrees’, in Rosanna Keefe and Peter Smith (eds.), Vagueness: A Reader (MIT Press, 1996), pp. 294?316.