Part I of this book presents a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition. `Worlds' themselves are understood as structured sets of properties; this ...

Examines the laws of nature.

Argues that meaning in language is an outcome of the evolutionary development of forms of animal communication, and explains the process by naturalizing the Locke-Grice ...

Stathis Psillos divides his account into three sections: causation, laws of nature, and explanation. He begins the causation section with Hume's classic "reductive" account and ...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A defence of the Cartesian dualist conception of the mind.

Writing in a rigorous, thought-provoking style, the author takes us on a far-reaching tour through the philosophical ramifications of consciousness, offering provocative ...