Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Presenting philosophy 1
6. 2. The metaphysical impulse 9
7. 3. Theories: What they are and what they are not 24
8. 4. Underdeterminism (I) 39
9. 5. Underdeterminism (II) 75
10. 6. Putting concepts under stress (I) 90
11. 7. Putting concepts under stress (II) - Pains 118
12. 8. Space and time 145
13. 9. Properties 228
14. 10. Individuation 274
15. 11. Identity-through-time 328
16. 12. Persons 358
17. Glossary 397
18. Further reading 409
19. References 415
20. Names index 427
21. Subject index 433