Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
Existence Presentism and Dynamic Time
1st Edition
By David Ingram, Jonathan Tallant
March 23, 2027
What does it mean for a theory of time to be truly dynamic? This book develops and defends Existence Presentism as a maximally dynamic metaphysical theory of time. The authors begin by surveying major theories of time, arguing that some are more dynamic than others. They demonstrate that existing ...
Inductive Metaphysics: Insights, Challenges, and Prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Andreas Hüttemann, Gerhard Schurz
November 24, 2026
Inductive Metaphysics (IM) is a comparatively new branch of metaphysics that justifies metaphysical principles by inductive or abductive inferences from empirical evidence, rather than by purely logico-conceptual considerations. This is the first volume to provide a representative picture of ...
A Dynamic Theory of Hylomorphism: Form as Activity
1st Edition
By Jeremy W. Skrzypek
October 15, 2026
This book introduces a novel hylomorphic theory of material objects, according to which material objects are understood as comprised or composed of both matter and activity, where activity plays the role of form. This theory, “hyloenergeism,” captures the dynamic nature of many of the objects of ...
The Metaphysically Dynamic Universe: How Motion is the Essence of Time and Physical Reality
1st Edition
By Stephen Barker
October 15, 2026
This book develops a new metaphysical framework in which time is motion through a higher dimension. In other words, time literally flows. It breaks through the long debate about time flow and temporal experience in metaphysics by offering an entirely new approach that reconciles psychological time ...
The Ontology of Relations
1st Edition
By Michele Paolini Paoletti
May 21, 2026
This book provides an exhaustive overview of the ontology of relations. Moreover, it offers a detailed defense of the existence of irreducible relations in the universe and shows that entities such as powers should be better thought of as relations. At first, the author discusses many classical ...
Ground and Fundamentality in Plato and Aristotle
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Neels
February 25, 2026
This is the first edited volume dedicated to the issues of ground and fundamentality in Plato and Aristotle. It offers new insights pertaining to certain features of ground and fundamentality that will engage with and spark debates in contemporary metaphysics. Grounding and fundamentality are ...
Pure Form in Matter: A Neo-Aristotelian Approach to Hylomorphism
1st Edition
By Kezhou Liu
February 20, 2026
This book defends a purist neo-Aristotelian approach to hylomorphism, addressing long-standing debates about the reality of material objects and engaging with contemporary philosophical discussions. It begins with a critical examination of the contemporary “impurist” approach to hylomorphism and ...
The Metaphysics of Propositions
1st Edition
By Matthew Davidson
February 09, 2026
The book defends an account of propositions on which propositions are structured entities, built up out of properties, relations, and concrete objects. On this account, propositions exist and have truth conditions independent of human minds and linguistic activity. While this view of propositions ...
The Metaphysics of Powerful Qualities: Powerful Categoricalism and the Laws of Nature
1st Edition
By Vassilis Livanios
December 25, 2025
This book examines the metaphysical issues regarding the powerful qualities view in all its various forms. The author also develops and defends his own version of the powerful qualities view, which he calls powerful categoricalism. In recent years, the powerful qualities view about the nature of ...
The Ontology of Music Groups: Identity, Persistence, and Agency of Creative Groups
1st Edition
Edited
By Ludger Jansen, Thorben Petersen
December 25, 2025
This volume examines the ontology of music groups. It connects two fascinating areas of philosophical research: the ontology of social groups and the philosophy of music. Interest in questions about the nature of music groups is growing. Since people are widely familiar with music groups, the topic...
Concrete Particulars: A Metaphysics of Spatiotemporal Entities
1st Edition
By Daniel Giberman
November 27, 2025
This book presents a novel metaphysics of concrete entities. The author uses the theory developed to address three major topics in the metaphysics of concreta: fundamentality, persistence over time, and phenomenal consciousness. The book provides a new theory of what “bundles” particular property ...
About Haecceity: An Essay in Ontology
1st Edition
By Matthew Davidson
July 30, 2025
This book offers an in-depth and updated examination of the nature of haecceity—that primitive entity which explains why something is distinct from other things. The book begins by exploring different conceptions of haecceity throughout history. The discussion of various figures across history is ...