Michael Rea is Rev. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, USA, and Professorial Fellow in the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews, UK. He has written or edited more than fifteen books, and has given numerous lectures around the world, including the 2017 Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews.

"Rea improves upon the already excellent first edition with helpful expansions and reorganizations of original topics and the welcome addition of new ones. The result is a broad and accurate survey of the state of the art in metaphysics, presented in a clear, engaging, and thoughtful manner. A terrific resource for students, or anyone else, interested in contemporary metaphysics." - Michael J. Raven, University of Victoria, Canada

• 1. Introduction 2. Things that don’t exist 3. Abstract objects 4. Possible worlds 5. Time 6. Time travel 7. Substance 8. Things and their parts 9. Change and identity 10. Freedom 11. Social metaphysics—gender 12. Metaphysics and its critics. Glossary Index

Michael Rea is Rev. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, USA, and Professorial Fellow in the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews, UK. He has written or edited more than fifteen books, and has given numerous lectures around the world, including the 2017 Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews.

"Rea improves upon the already excellent first edition with helpful expansions and reorganizations of original topics and the welcome addition of new ones. The result is a broad and accurate survey of the state of the art in metaphysics, presented in a clear, engaging, and thoughtful manner. A terrific resource for students, or anyone else, interested in contemporary metaphysics." - Michael J. Raven, University of Victoria, Canada

• 1. Introduction 2. Things that don’t exist 3. Abstract objects 4. Possible worlds 5. Time 6. Time travel 7. Substance 8. Things and their parts 9. Change and identity 10. Freedom 11. Social metaphysics—gender 12. Metaphysics and its critics. Glossary Index

Michael Rea is Rev. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, USA, and Professorial Fellow in the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews, UK. He has written or edited more than fifteen books, and has given numerous lectures around the world, including the 2017 Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews.

"Rea improves upon the already excellent first edition with helpful expansions and reorganizations of original topics and the welcome addition of new ones. The result is a broad and accurate survey of the state of the art in metaphysics, presented in a clear, engaging, and thoughtful manner. A terrific resource for students, or anyone else, interested in contemporary metaphysics." - Michael J. Raven, University of Victoria, Canada

• 1. Introduction 2. Things that don’t exist 3. Abstract objects 4. Possible worlds 5. Time 6. Time travel 7. Substance 8. Things and their parts 9. Change and identity 10. Freedom 11. Social metaphysics—gender 12. Metaphysics and its critics. Glossary Index