Andr^d'e Gallois, Andre Gallois, Andr? Gallois

Occasions of Identity

A Study in the Metaphysics of Persistence, Change, and Sameness

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Produktbeschreibung

Occasions of Identity is an exploration of timeless philosophical issues about persistence, change, time, and sameness. Andre Gallois offers a critical survey of various rival views about the nature of identity and change, and puts forward his own original theory. He supports the idea of occasional identities, arguing that it is coherent and helpful to suppose that things can be identical at one time but distinct at another. Gallois defends this view, demonstrating how it can solve puzzles about persistence dating back to the Ancient Greeks, and investigates the metaphysical consequences of rejecting the necessity and eternity of identities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780199261833
• ISBN-10: 0199261830
• Artikelnr.: 21418095

Autorenporträt

(Syracuse University, New York, USA)

Inhaltsangabe

I: THE PROBLEM AND SOME SOLUTIONS
1: Puzzle Cases
2: Solutions to the Puzzle Cases
II: OCCASIONAL IDENTITIES
3: Occasional Identities: A Preliminary Account
4: Counting Amoebae
5: Extending the Occasional Identity Thesis
6: Defending Contingent Identities
7: Perry and Myro on Occasional Identities
III: ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTS
8: Identity Strict and Loose
9: Indeterminate Identities
10: The Four-Dimensional World
Bibliography
Index