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Author : David Wiggins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Identity and Spatio-temporal Continuity written by David Wiggins and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. Oderberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230377386
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Metaphysics of Identity over Time written by D. Oderberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 1993-10-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a systematic investigation into the metaphysical foundations of identity over time. The author elaborates and evaluates the most common theory about the persistence of objects through time and change, namely the classical theory of spatio-temporal continuity. He shows how the theory requires an ontology of temporal parts, according to which objects are made up of temporally extended segments or stages. This ontology is criticized as unwarranted by modern space-time physics, and as internally incoherent. The author argues that identity over time should be seen as a primitive or unanalysable phenomenon, and that the so-called puzzle cases and paradoxes of identity can be dealt with without recourse to such an ontology.
Author : David S. Oderberg
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312102081
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Metaphysics of Identity Over Time written by David S. Oderberg and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The standard account of the persistence of objects through time and change is the classical theory of spatio-temporal continuity. It is thought that an informative grounding of identity can be given in terms of what is seen to be a common-sense notion. Apart from being prone to numerous counter-examples which show continuity to be neither necessary nor sufficient for identity, it is also shown to require an ontology of temporal parts by which persisting objects are reduced to collections of temporally extended segments or stages. It is this ontology, and the reductionism it implies that is the subject of the author's criticism. It is the orthodox theory of identity over time, inspired by David Hume and adhered to by the vast majority of contemporary theorists. Identity and change, the very idea of unitary persisting objects, are seen as metaphysically illusory. The author shows that this sceptical theory is, contrary to the opinion of its supporters, unwarranted by the modern physics of space-time, and conceptually incoherent. It is argued that reductionism must be discarded and that theorists must abandon the attempt to find an informative analysis of identity. Rather, it should be seen as metaphysically basic, and the problems and puzzle cases of identity must be dealt with in that light.
Author : David Wiggins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198716621
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Continuants written by David Wiggins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this volume David Wiggins has selected and revised eleven of his essays in an area of metaphysics where his work has been particularly influential, and he has added a substantial introduction and one new unpublished essay. Among the subjects treated are substance, identity, persistence, persons, sortals, and artefacts.
Author : David Wiggins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521456197
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (561 download)
Download or read book Sameness and Substance Renewed written by David Wiggins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, which thoroughly revises and greatly expands his classic work Sameness and Substance (1980), David Wiggins retrieves and refurbishes in the light of twentieth-century logic and logical theory certain conceptions of identity, of substance and of persistence through change that philosophy inherits from its past. In this new version, he vindicates the absoluteness, necessity, determinateness and all or nothing character of identity against rival conceptions. He defends a form of essentialism that he calls individuative essentialism, and then a form of realism that he calls conceptualist realism. In a final chapter he advocates a human being-based conception of the identity and individuation of persons, arguing that any satisfactory account of personal memory must make reference to the life of the rememberer himself. This important book will appeal to a wide range of readers in metaphysics, philosophical logic, and analytic philosophy.
Author : Galen Strawson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691161003
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Locke on Personal Identity written by Galen Strawson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Locke's theory of personal identity underlies all modern discussion of the nature of persons and selves—yet it is widely thought to be wrong. In this book, Galen Strawson argues that in fact it is Locke’s critics who are wrong, and that the famous objections to his theory are invalid. Indeed, far from refuting Locke, they illustrate his fundamental point. Strawson argues that the root error is to take Locke’s use of the word "person" as merely a term for a standard persisting thing, like "human being." In actuality, Locke uses "person" primarily as a forensic or legal term geared specifically to questions about praise and blame, punishment and reward. This point is familiar to some philosophers, but its full consequences have not been worked out, partly because of a further error about what Locke means by the word "conscious." When Locke claims that your personal identity is a matter of the actions that you are conscious of, he means the actions that you experience as your own in some fundamental and immediate manner. Clearly and vigorously argued, this is an important contribution both to the history of philosophy and to the contemporary philosophy of personal identity.
Author : Courtland Lewis
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0812696883
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Doctor Who and Philosophy written by Courtland Lewis and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers look at the deeper issues raised by the adventures of Doctor Who, the main character in the long-running science fiction TV series of the same name.
Author : Vibha Chaturvedi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Problem of Personal Identity written by Vibha Chaturvedi and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Valerio Buonomo (Ed.)
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3868385894
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (683 download)
Download or read book The Persistence of Persons written by Valerio Buonomo (Ed.) and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We ordinarily believe that the inhabitants of the world – including ourselves – persist over time. Such an idea, however, has puzzled philosophers for centuries. How can we change and still be the same? More specifically, is there any constitutive condition of our identity over time? And if so, does this condition involve mental aspects (such as memories, believes, experiences, etc.), physical aspects (such as the body, or the continuity of the organism), or something else? Or is rather personal identity primitive and unanalyzable, so that our persistence is nothing but a brute fact? This volume is a collection of new essays from leading figures in the field analyzing the persistence of persons and the criteria of personal identity over time. It presents an extensive discussion of the most relevant views on personal identity in contemporary metaphysics and provides new treatments of the constitutive conditions of personal persistence.
Author : Edwin Hartman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400869412
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Substance, Body and Soul written by Edwin Hartman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edwin Hartman explores Aristotle's metaphysical assumptions as they illuminate his thought and some issues of current philosophical significance. The author's analysis of the theory of the soul treats such topics of lively debate as ontological primacy, spatio-temporal continuity, personal identity, and the relation between mind and body. Aristotle presents a world populated primarily by individual material objects rather than by their parts or by universals. The author notes that defense of this view requires Aristotle to create the notion of form or essence. A material object, the Philosopher holds, is identical with its particular essence, and is not a combination of form and matter. Most important, a person is a substance and his essence is his soul. Personal identify is therefore bodily identity, and survival consists in bodily continuity. The relation between a state of perceiving and a state of the body is a special case of the weak identity between form and matter. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Earl Conee
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191035920
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Riddles of Existence written by Earl Conee and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-12-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riddles of Existence makes metaphysics genuinely accessible, even fun. Its lively, informal style brings the riddles to life and shows how stimulating they can be to think about. No philosophical background is required to enjoy this book. It is ideal for beginning students. Anyone wanting to think about life's most profound questions will find Riddles of Existence provocative and entertaining. This new edition is updated throughout, and features two extra, specially written chapters: one on metaphysical questions to do with morality, and the other on questions about the nature of metaphysics itself.
Author : Georg Gasser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107014441
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Personal Identity written by Georg Gasser and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses whether personal identity is analyzable, with innovative discussion of 'complex' and 'simple' theories.
Author : Nicholas Griffin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Relative Identity written by Nicholas Griffin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1977 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposes a theory which incorporates P.T. Geach's much-criticized claim that items identical with respect to one general noun, or covering concept, may be distinct with respect to another; but it differs from Geach's own position in denying that all identity relations are relative identity relations.
Author : Derek Parfit
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191622443
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Reasons and Persons written by Derek Parfit and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1986-01-23 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. The author claims that we have a false view of our own nature; that it is often rational to act against our own best interests; that most of us have moral views that are directly self-defeating; and that, when we consider future generations the conclusions will often be disturbing. He concludes that moral non-religious moral philosophy is a young subject, with a promising but unpredictable future.
Author : Amélie Rorty
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Identities of Persons written by Amélie Rorty and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, thirteen philosophers contribute new essays analyzing the criteria for personal identity and their import on ethics and the theory of action: it presents contemporary treatments of the issues discussed in "Personal Identity," edited by John Perry (University of California Press, 1975)
Author : Harold W. Noonan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401724660
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Objects and Identity written by Harold W. Noonan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identity has for long been an important concept in philosophy and logic. Plato in his Sophist puts same among those fonns which "run through" all others. The scholastics inherited the idea (and the tenninology), classifying same as one of the "transcendentals", i.e. as running through all the categories. The work of Locke and l.eibniz made the concept a problematic one. But it is rather recently, i.e. since the importance of Frege has been generally recognized, that there has been a keen interest in the notion, fonnulated by him, of a criterion of identity. This, at first sight harmless as well as useful, has proved to be like a charge of dynamite. The seed had indeed been sown long ago, by Euclid. In Book V of his Elements he first gives a useless defmition of a ratio: "A ratio is a sort of relation between two magnitudes in respect of muchness". But then, in definition 5 he answers, not the question "What is a ratio?" but rather ''What is it for magnitudes to be in the same ratio?" and this is the definition that does the work.
Author : Kathleen E. Hornsby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Identity-based Reasoning about Spatio-temporal Change written by Kathleen E. Hornsby and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
