Der zweite Band der Reihe Philosophische Forschung spannt zwei Kerngebiete der Analytischen Philosophie zusammen: die Semantik und die Ontologie. Was sind die Grundbausteine unserer Ontologie? Wie beziehen wir uns sprachlich bzw. geistig auf sie? Diese und weitere Fragen werden von international renommierten Philosophen aus historischer und systematischer Perspektivediskutiert. Die Beitrage sind in Deutsch und English verfasst. Sie stammen von Christian Beyer, Johannes Brandl, Dagfinn Follesdal, Dorothea Frede, Rolf George, Gerd Grasshoff, Peter Hacker, Andreas Kemmerling, Edgar Morscher, Kevin Mulligan, Rolf Puster, Richard Schantz, Benjamin Schnieder, Oliver Scholz, Severin Schroder, Peter Simons, Thomas Spitzley, Markus Stepanians, Ralf Stoecker und Daniel von Wachter."

"We're taking a shortcut." So began another one of what became known as "Dad's Famous Shortcuts." They were never short, never what Dad expected, and they were never (well, almost never) boring. As kids, we had a love/hate relationship with Dad's shortcuts. They usually meant a longer, not shorter, car ride which we stoically endured, but also a more colorful, exciting, and humorous journey which we came to cherish for years afterwards. "Dad's Famous Shortcuts" have been remembered throughout our lives and are now celebrated in this book. This collection of funny, fantastic, and sometimes poetic lessons of one family's misadventures will amuse anyone who has embarked on that traditional rite of passage, "The summer vacation."