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Author : Michael Tooley
Release : 1999
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 677/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Particulars, Actuality, and Identity Over Time by : Michael Tooley
Download or read book Particulars, Actuality, and Identity Over Time written by Michael Tooley. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Michael Tooley
Release : 2013-10-08
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 299/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Particulars, Actuality, and Identity over Time, vol 4 by : Michael Tooley
Download or read book Particulars, Actuality, and Identity over Time, vol 4 written by Michael Tooley. This book was released on 2013-10-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 4 in the 5-volume series titled Analytical Metaphysics. The essays in this volume are concerned with three main issues. First, what account can be given of the nature of a particular? Second, is identity over time a basic and irreducible relation, or can it be analysed? If so, what is the correct analysis? Third, what account can be offered of what it is to be actual? The final account of this volume involves the claim that actuality is a special property that is possessed by one, and only one, possible world.
Author : Michael Tooley
Release : 2013-10-08
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 221/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Particulars, Actuality, and Identity over Time, vol 4 by : Michael Tooley
Download or read book Particulars, Actuality, and Identity over Time, vol 4 written by Michael Tooley. This book was released on 2013-10-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 4 in the 5-volume series titled Analytical Metaphysics. The essays in this volume are concerned with three main issues. First, what account can be given of the nature of a particular? Second, is identity over time a basic and irreducible relation, or can it be analysed? If so, what is the correct analysis? Third, what account can be offered of what it is to be actual? The final account of this volume involves the claim that actuality is a special property that is possessed by one, and only one, possible world.
Author : Joseph Keim Campbell
Release : 2010-05-14
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 092/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Time and Identity by : Joseph Keim Campbell
Download or read book Time and Identity written by Joseph Keim Campbell. This book was released on 2010-05-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original essays on the metaphysics of time, identity, and the self, written by distinguished scholars and important rising philosophers.The concepts of time and identity seem at once unproblematic and frustratingly difficult. Time is an intricate part of our experience—it would seem that the passage of time is a prerequisite for having any experience at all—and yet recalcitrant questions about time remain. Is time real? Does time flow? Do past and future moments exist? Philosophers face similarly stubborn questions about identity, particularly about the persistence of identical entities through change. Indeed, questions about the metaphysics of persistence take on many of the complexities inherent in philosophical considerations of time. This volume of original essays brings together these two essentially related concepts in a way not reflected in the available literature, making it required reading for philosophers working in metaphysics and students interested in these topics. The contributors, distinguished authors and rising scholars, first consider the nature of time and then turn to the relation of identity, focusing on the metaphysical connections between the two, with a special emphasis on personal identity. The volume concludes with essays on the metaphysics of death, issues in which time and identity play a significant role. This groundbreaking collection offers both cutting-edge epistemological analysis and historical perspectives on contemporary topics.ContributorsHarriet Baber, Lynne Rudder Baker, Ben Bradley, John W. Carroll, Reinaldo Elugardo, Geoffrey Gorham, Mark Hinchliff, Jenann Ismael, Barbara Levenbook, Andrew Light, Lawrence B. Lombard, Ned Markosian, Harold Noonan, John Perry, Harry S. Silverstein, Matthew H. Slater, Robert J. Stainton, Neil A. Tognazzini
Author : Otávio Bueno
Release : 2018-10-19
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Individuation, Process, and Scientific Practices by : Otávio Bueno
Download or read book Individuation, Process, and Scientific Practices written by Otávio Bueno. This book was released on 2018-10-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What things count as individuals, and how do we individuate them? It is a classic philosophical question often tackled from the perspective of analytic metaphysics. This volume proposes that there is another channel by which to approach individuation -- from that of scientific practices. From this perspective, the question then becomes: How do scientists individuate things and, therefore, count them as individuals? This volume collects the work of philosophers of science to engage with this central philosophical conundrum from a new angle, highlighting the crucial topic of experimental individuation and building upon recent, pioneering work in the philosophy of science. An introductory chapter foregrounds the problem of individuation, arguing it should be considered prior to the topic of individuality. The following chapters address individuation and individuality from a variety of perspectives, with prominent themes being the importance of experimentation, individuation as a process, and pluralism in individuation's criteria. Contributions examine individuation in a wide range of sciences, including stem cell biology, particle physics, and community ecology. Other chapters examine the metaphysics of individuation, its bearing on realism/antirealism debates, and interrogate epistemic aspects of individuation in scientific practice. In exploring individuation from the philosophy of biology, physics, and other scientific subjects, this volume ultimately argues for the possibility of several criteria of individuation, upending the tenets of traditional metaphysics. It provides insights for philosophers of science, but also for scientists interested in the conceptual foundations of their work.
