Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics

Neil A. Manson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mississippi, USA. He is the editor of God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science (2003). Robert W. Barnard is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mississippi, USA.

The annotated bibliographies are divided by chapter and are very helpful. The research guide includes resources for entering the field, including blogs, encyclopedias, anthologies, and more. The index of key terms is also invaluable for students trying to enter into this often-obscure field … This is the kind of companion I would actually read cover to cover.

• Notes on Contributors Introduction, Robert W. Barnard (University of Mississippi, USA)1. Research Problems and Methods, Amie L. Thomasson (University of Miami, USA)2. Modality, Tony Roy (California State University, USA)3. Universals and Abstract Objects, Roy T. Cook (University of Minnesota, USA)4. Naturalism and Physicalism, D. Gene Witmer (University of Florida, USA)5. Mind, Thomas W. Polger (University of Cincinnati, USA)6. Material Constitution, Stephan Blatti (University of Memphis, USA)7. Endurantism and Perdurantism, Nikk Effingham (University of Birmingham, UK)8. Personal Identity, David B. Hershenov (State University of New York, USA)9. Free Will, Kevin Timpe (Northwest Nazarene University, USA)10. God, Graham Oppy (Monash University, Australia)11. New Directions in Metaphysics, Tony Roy and Matthew Davidson (California State University, USA)Annotated Bibliography Research Guide A- Z of Key Terms and ConceptsIndex