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A novel and interesting metaphysics of material objects, one that makes an account of artifact objects such that artifact identity is grounded in the original act of making such objects central to the theory. Evnine's book deserves a wide readership. Although it is primarily a work of analytic metaphysics, it touches on topics of interest to, or has interesting implications for, philosophers working in aesthetics, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of biology, political philosophy, philosophical theology, and the philosophy of action. . . . delightful reading. * Christopher M. Brown, Review of Metaphysics * In the increasingly crowded field of the metaphysics of ordinary things, Simon J. Evnine has written a superb book. It is detailed, profound, and carefully argued, with extremely well-informed discussions of views that have a bearing on his own account. . . . The book is impressive in scope. . . . Anyone interested in a sophisticated and lucid investigation of a plethora of issues in contemporary metaphysics would benefit from Making Objects and Events. I recommend it highly. * Lynne Rudder Baker, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

In the increasingly crowded field of the metaphysics of ordinary things, Simon J. Evnine has written a superb book. It is detailed, profound, and carefully argued, with extremely well-informed discussions of views that have a bearing on his own account. . . . The book is impressive in scope. . . . Anyone interested in a sophisticated and lucid investigation of a plethora of issues in contemporary metaphysics would benefit from Making Objects and Events. I recommend it highly. * Lynne Rudder Baker, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * A novel and interesting metaphysics of material objects, one that makes an account of artifact objects such that artifact identity is grounded in the original act of making such objects central to the theory. Evnine's book deserves a wide readership. Although it is primarily a work of analytic metaphysics, it touches on topics of interest to, or has interesting implications for, philosophers working in aesthetics, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of biology, political philosophy, philosophical theology, and the philosophy of action. . . . delightful reading. * Christopher M. Brown, Review of Metaphysics *

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Simon J. Evnine studied philosophy as a graduate student in the UK (at Bedford College London and University College London) and the USA (at UCLA). After teaching for five years in the California State system, he came to the University of Miami. He has worked in a variety of areas and has previously published books on Donald Davidson on the relations between rationality and the self.

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