Metametaphysics asks questions about metaphysics: for example, do its questions have determinate answers? If so, are these answers deep and important, or are they merely a matter of how we use words? What is the proper methodology for their resolution? These questions have received a heightened degree of attention lately with new varieties of ontological deflationism and pluralism challenging the kind of realism that has become orthodoxy in contemporary analytic metaphysics. This volume concerns the status and ambitions of metaphysics as a discipline. It brings together many of the central figures in the debate with their most recent work on the semantics, epistemology, and methodology of metaphysics.

《形而上学及其任务:关于知识的范畴基础研究》主要内容简介：在世界诸文明古国中，中国是仅有的其文明绵延了数千年的国度。大多数过去的文明都在其历史的某一阶段达到终点，今日只有残垣断壁可寻。为雅典人所熟悉的伟大的古希腊文明已经终止，在泛希腊化及拜占庭时代演变成极其不同的形态。随后它与其他文明相混合，发生实质性的转换，以至于在后来这些发展中很难认清其原来的成分。古希腊人对理性的敬仰被放弃，而代之以宗教的狂热或独断论。埃及的历史悠久的重要文明亦被罗马帝国的暴政、希腊主义的力量及穆斯林的主宰性影响所淹没。今日埃及与法老时代的埃及已截然不同。

本书为复旦大学思想史研究中心主办的思想史研究丛书之一。旨在知识越来越被学科化、教条化的今天，回到思想史的鲜活源泉，回到各科学术贯通发展的强力中去。内容以研究性论文为主，兼及学术评论、书评及其他相关撰述，还有学术经典和学术名家的作品的译稿及点校稿。本书主题为《逻辑形而上学》，收有“逻辑与形而上学”主题文章，均是中外学者就逻辑与形而上学主题所做的文章，讨论逻辑本质与形而上学的关系，另外收有“逻辑与哲学”专题，为国内中青年学者对逻辑与哲学关系的精彩论述以及笔谈文章。

《近代物理科学的形而上学基础》主要内容：关于《近代物理科学的形而上学基础》的引文我想引文我想说明一下。由于我主要是在处理迄今没有翻译过来的原材料，所以我必须对如下作者的著作的翻译负责：哥白尼（除了致教皇保罗三世的信外，那封信我使用了多萝西·斯延森小姐在其《对哥白尼宇宙论的逐渐接受》中的译文）；开普勒；伽利略（除了他的《关于两大世界体系的对话》和《关于两门新科学的对话和数学论证》外，在那里我引用了已指出的译文）笛卡尔，由我翻译的有关引文均取自库辛编辑人他的著作；摩尔的《形而上学手册》；巴罗；牛顿，由我翻译的有关引文均取自霍斯利编辑的他的著作。

《实在主义的形而上学》以西方思想史的核心内容并以形而上学为中心线索对整个哲学史进程做了通盘分析，力图恢复传统意义上的形而上学理论之本义，并重新阐释亚里士多德、托马斯等人的形而上学学说。

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction is for students who have already done an introductory philosophy course. Michael J. Loux provides a fresh look at the central topics in metaphysics, making this essential reading for any student of the subject. This third edition is revised and updated and includes two new chapters on Time and Causation. Topics addressed include: · the problem of universals · the nature of abstract entities · the problem of individuation · the nature of modality · identity through time · the nature of time · the Realism/anti-Realism debate Wherever possible, Michael J. Loux relates contemporary views to their classical sources in the history of philosophy. As an experienced teacher of philosophy and an important contributor to recent debates, Loux is uniquely qualified to write this book. · the third edition retains the student -friendly features of previous editions: · chapter overviews summarizing the main topics of study · examples to clarify difficult concepts annotated further reading at the end of each chapter · endnotes and a full bibliography