<P><EM>The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics</EM> is an outstanding, comprehensive and accessible guide to the major themes, thinkers, and issues in metaphysics. The <EM>Companion </EM>features over fifty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars which are organized into three clear parts:</P><UL><LI>History of Metaphysics </LI><LI>Ontology </LI><LI>Metaphysics and Science.</LI></UL><P>Each section features an introduction which places the range of essays in context, while an extensive glossary allows easy reference to key terms and definitions. <EM>The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics</EM> is essential reading for students of philosophy and anyone interested in surveying the central topics and problems in metaphysics from causation to vagueness and from Plato and Aristotle to the present-day.</P>