This book gathers together thirteen of Peter van Inwagen's essays on metaphysics, several of which have acquired the status of modern classics in their field. T

The papers in this volume address fundamental, and interrelated, philosophical issues concerning modality and identity, issues that have not only been pivotal t

This book explores a range of traditional and contemporary metaphysical themes that figure in the writings of E. J. Lowe, whose powerful and influential work wa

This is a collection of Peter van Inwagen's recent essays on ontology and meta-ontology.

This is a book about the concept of a physical thing and about how the names of things relate to the things they name. It questions the prevalent view that name