New Essays in Metaphysics

Robert C. Neville is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

"...a straightforward and unpretentious sampler of what metaphysical positions one might hold now that the anti-metaphysical stances of a generation ago have been surpassed."—Donald Phillip Verene, Emory University"Metaphysics has been unduly neglected in our 'age of analysis.' The appearance of this new generation of philosophers in a single volume ought to convince all readers that speculative metaphysics is alive and well in America." —Andrew J. Reck, Tulane University" 'Metaphysics' is the name of a very important branch, really the central branch, of philosophy—important in itself and important for science and theology, in different ways. This book is useful as a sampling of recent philosophizing of a daring sort. It forces one to face the lack of consensus that seems inevitable, given freedom of discussion in primary philosophy."—Charles Hartshorne, University of Texas at Austin

• Editor's Introduction Logos, Mythos, Chaos: Metaphysics as the Quest for DiversityDavid L. Hall The Primacy of the MesocosmGeorge Allan Copernican MetaphysicsNicholas Capaldi Perceived Worlds Are Interpreted WorldsPatrick A. Heelan Toward Experiential Metaphysics: Radical TemporalismCharles M. Sherover Possibilities and ConstraintsJay Schulkin Moral Order and the Constraints of Agency: Toward a New Metaphysics of MoralsGeorge R. Lucas The Civilizing of EnterpriseWilliam M. Sullivan The First Metaphysics: Revisioning PlatoAntonio T. de Nicolas Creativity in a Future KeyLewis S. Ford God the SaviorElizabeth M. Kraus Metaphor, Analogy, and the Nature of TruthCarl G. Vaught Relations, Indeterminacy, and IntelligibilityBrian John Martine Sketch of a SystemRobert C. Neville The Spiral of ReflectionDavid Weissman