Thomasson on Ontology

Amie L. Thomasson, the Daniel P. Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Dartmouth College, has gained international recognition as a leading figure within various areas of philosophy. She has recently been celebrated as one of the most influential living philosophers for her significant contributions to metaphysics, ontology, phenomenology, and aesthetics. By engaging critically with her approach to metaphysics, modality, conceptual analysis, and the methodological issues concerning ontological questions about ordinary objects, social entities, and fictional characters, as well as including a chapter from Thomasson herself where she makes explicit the internal connections which run through her body of work, this volume delivers the first thorough discussion of Thomasson's philosophy.

Examines in depth Thomasson's easy approach to ontology Assesses Thomasson's deflationary metaontolgy and contrasts it with other alternatives within metaphysical methodology Features eleven original chapters from a world-class line-up of scholars working primarily in metaphysics and ontology

Auteur
Miguel Garcia-Godinez is an IRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCC, Philosophy. His main research areas are legal philosophy, social ontology, and metaethics.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Miguel Garcia-Godinez.- 2. How It All Hangs Together: Amie Thomasson.- 3. Thomasson on Easy Arguments; Thomas Hofweber.- 4. Realism, Deflationism, and Metaphysical Explanation: Naomi Thompson.- 5. Who's Afraid of Conceptual Analysis?: James Miller.- 6. Modal Normativism and Metasemantics: Theodore D. Locke.- 7. Thomasson on Moral Language: Matti Eklund.- 8. Thomasson's Social Ontology: Åsa Burman.- 9. Easy Social Ontology: Miguel Garcia-Godinez.- 10. Artifacts and the Limits of Agentive Authority: Kathrin Koslicki.- 11. Mountains and Their Boundaries: Daniel Z. Korman.- 12. Creationism, Easy Ontology, and Indeterminacy: Dana Goswick