Nine essays attribute the snuffing out of metaphysics as a philosophical problem to political revolution in France, industrial revolution in England, and intellectual revolution in Germany. Philosophers from across Europe gathered for a colloquium in Antwerp, Belgium, in May 2003 to ponder the extent to which the change of attitude towards metaphysics during the period in question was the breakthrough of a post-metaphysical culture rather than merely a new start within the history of philosophy. Distributed by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)