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Content: Cover
Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
Preface to the New Edition (2014)
Dedication
Introduction
Who\'s it For?
Who\'s it By?
What\'s it About?
Chapter 1, Personal Identity (Sider)
Chapter 2, Fatalism (Conee)
Chapter 3, Time (Sider)
Chapter 4, God (Conee)
Chapter 5, Why Not Nothing? (Conee)
Chapter 6, Free Will and Determinism (Sider)
Chapter 7, Constitution (Sider)
Chapter 8, Universals (Conee)
Chapter 9, Possibility and Necessity (Sider)
Chapter 10, The Metaphysics of Ethics (Conee). Chapter 11, What is Metaphysics? (Conee)Chapter 12, Metametaphysics (Sider)
Chapter 1: Personal Identity
The Concept of Personal Identity
The Soul
Spatiotemporal Continuity and the Case of the Prince and the Cobbler
Psychological Continuity and the Problem of Duplication
Radical Solutions to the Problem of Duplication
FURTHER READING
Chapter 2: Fatalism
Introduction
The Sea Battle
Objections
Past Predictions
Necessary Conditions
God Knows
A Final Note
FURTHER READING
Chapter 3: Time
The Flow of Time
The Space-Time Theory
FURTHER READING
Chapter 4: God. Getting It All StartedEffects
First Cause Argument
Phase 1
Phase 2
Dependents
Ontological Dependence Argument
Phase 1
Phase 2
Designing the World
First Version
Demonstration by Design
Phase 1
Phase 2
Best Explanation by Design
Phase 1
Phase 2
Conceptually Guaranteeing God
Anselm\'s Ontological Argument
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Putting it All Together
FURTHER READING
Chapter 5: Why Not Nothing?
Introduction
What is the Question?
Do We Get the Question?
Necessitarianism
Godly Necessitarianism
Ontological Arguments for a Necessary Being
First Ontological Argument. Phase 1Phase 2
Second Ontological Argument
Ungodly Necessitarianism
Minimal Contingency
Anthropic Explanation
Godly Explanation
Tendentious Explanation
Statistical Explanation
Conclusion
FURTHER READING
Chapter 6: Free Will and Determinism
The Problem
Hard Determinism
Libertarianism
Interlude: Quantum Mechanics
Compatibilism
FURTHER READING
Chapter 7: Constitution
The Antinomy of Constitution
Assumptions of the Antinomy
The Just-Matter Theory
The Takeover Theory
Nihilism
Cohabitation
Four-Dimensionalism
Further Reading
Chapter 8: Universals
Introduction. Positive ReasonsDoubts
A Final Ground for Doubt
Alternatives
Sparse Universals
Tropes
Sets
Nominalism
Conceptualism
Conclusion
FURTHER READING
Chapter 9: Possibility and Necessity
The Problem of Possibility and Necessity
Natural Possibility and Necessity
Absolute Possibility and Necessity
FURTHER READING
Chapter 10: The Metaphysics of Ethics
Right and Wrong
Custodian
Coach
Realism
Real Trouble
Naturalism
Natural Trouble
An Ideal Solution?
Classic Complaints Against Naturalism
First Classic Complaint: Euthryphro
Second Classic Complaint: Open Questions.