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JOHN HEIL GEBUNDEN

Fifty years after Willard Van Orman Quine published From a logical point of view (1953)  John
Heil brought out his book 'From an ontological point of view' (2003). The title expresses the
shift in contemporary philosophy from logical and epistemological concerns to metaphysics. The
papers of this symposium discuss that shift  focussing on what John Heil calls 'ontological
seriousness'  truth-making  levels of being  properties  powers  and reductionism. Each paper
is followed by a comment from John Heil. The volume covers a number of the most hotly debated
issues in today's metaphysics and moves the discussion on in several important aspects. 'It
would be difficult to imagine a collection of more astute  penetrating  and philosophically
hard-hitting discussions of the kind of metaphysical realism articulated in 'From an
Ontological Point of View'. Symposium participants deploy an impressive range of analytical
skills in a way that illuminates connections among metaphysical positions that too often escape
notice.' (John Heil)

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