E.J. Lowe and Ontology (Hardcover)

1. Introduction Mirosław Szatkowski Part I: Metaphysics in the Manner of E.J. Lowe 2. Lowe’s Progress John Heil 3. The Possibility of Metaphysics Christian Kanzian 4. The Plausibility of Lowe’s Metaphilosophy Chris Daly Part II: The Four-Category Ontology 5. Jonathan Lowe’s Theory of Predication Peter van Inwagen 6. Lowe’s Eliminativism about Relations and the Analysis of Relational Inherence Markku Keinanen 7. The Fundamentality and Non-Fundamentality of Ontological Categories Jani Hakkarainen 8. The Four-Category Ontology modulo Topological Ontology Janusz Kaczmarek 9. Kinds and Explanations: From the Four-Category Ontology to Formal Causation Petter Sandstad & Ludger Jansen Part III: Persons, Minds, and Agency 10. Persons and Physical Objects Peter Simons 11. Persons, Minds, Souls and Selves: The Difference between the Mental and the Psychological Kevin Mulligan 12. Lowe’s Non-Cartesian Dualism Eric T. Olson 13. Lowe’s Dualist Construal of Mental Causation Max Kistler 14. Causal and Non-Causal Aspects of Agency in Lowe’s Ontology of Action Michał Głowala Part IV: Powers and Persistence 15. Powers Are Not Enough Uwe Meixner 16. A Causal Theory of Constitution and Persistence Rognvaldur D. Ingthorsson