Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science New Essays

Matthew Slater is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University, having received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is the author of Are Species Real? (Palgrave, 2013) and has co-edited such volumes as Carving Nature at its Joints, The Environment, and Reference and Referring (MIT Press) and writes on issues in the philosophy of science and metaphysics.

Zanja Yudell is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at California State University at Chico, having received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He works on topics in the philosophy of science, especially laws of nature and explanation.

Introduction Zanja Yudell

Chapter 1 Time for Empiricist Metaphysics Katherine Brading
Chapter 2 Ontology, Complexity, and Compositionality Michael Strevens
Chapter 3 Naturalized Metaphysics and the Contention over the Ontological Status of Species Matthew H. Slater
Chapter 4 No General Structure C. Kenneth Waters
Chapter 5 An Empiricist's Guide to Objective Modality Jenann Ismael
Chapter 6 So Long And Thanks For All The Fish: Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science P. Kyle Stanford
Chapter 7 An Apology for Naturalised Metaphysics James Ladyman
Chapter 8 Explanation and Explanationism in Science and Metaphysics Juha Saatsi
Chapter 9 Interventionism and the Missing Metaphysics: A Dialogue Jim Woodward
Chapter 10 Against Bracketing and Complacency: Metaphysics and the Methodology of the Sciences Martin Thomson-Jones