文档介绍：VTFPR4/19/0512:50PMPageiVarietiesofThingsVTFPR4/19/0512:raham,acommittedHumeanVTFPR4/19/0512:50PMPageiiiVarietiesofThingsFoundationsofContemporaryMetaphysicsCynthiaMacdonaldVTFPR4/19/0512:50PMPageiv©2005byCynthiaMacdonaldTheoriginalsourcematerialforpartofthisbookwasfirstwrittenasapaper,‘RealMetaphysicsandtheDescriptive/RevisionaryDistinction’,forCornelisdeWaal(ed.),SusanHaack:ThePhilosopherRespondstoCritics(Amherst:PrometheusBooks,2005).Somematerialinchapter5originallyappearedinchapter4ofCynthiaMacdonald,Mind–BodyIdentityTheories(London:Routledge,1989).blackwellpublishing350MainStreet,Malden,MA02148-5020,USA9600GarsingtonRoad,OxfordOX42DQ,UK550SwanstonStreet,Carlton,Victoria3053,ordancewiththeUKCopyright,Designs,,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopy-ing,recordingorotherwise,exceptaspermittedbytheUKCopyright,Designs,andPatentsAct1988,-in-PublicationDataMacdonald,Cynthia,1951–Varietiesofthings:foundationsofcontemporarymetaphysics/-13:978-0-631-18694-6(hardcover:)ISBN-10:0-631-18694-8(handcover:)ISBN-13:978-0631-18695-3(pbk.:)ISBN-13:0-631-18695-6(pbk.:)–dc2**********-setTypesetterLtd,HongKongPrintedandboundinIndiabyGopsonsPapersLtd,NoidaThepublisher’spolicyistousepermanentpaperfrommillsthatoperateasustainableforestrypolicy,andwhichhasbeenmanufacturedfrompulpprocessedusingacid-freeandelementarychlorine-,,visitourwebsite:R4/19/0512:51PMPagevContentsPrefaceviiPartI:MetaphysicsandItsTools1TheNatureandFunctionofMetaphysics