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Individuals, essence, and identity : themes of analytic metaphysics / edited by Andrea Bottani, Massimiliano Carrara, and Pierdaniele Giaretta.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Topoi library ; v. 4.
- Topoi library ; v. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics.
- Analysis (Philosophy).
- Ontology.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 500 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht ; Boston, MA : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]
- Summary:
- The book's aim is to give a working representation of what metaphysics is today. The historical contributions reveal the roots of metaphysical themes and how today's methods are linked to their Aristotelian and Leibnizian past. The volume also touches on the relationships between ontological and linguistic analysis, the questions of realism and ontological commitment, the nature of abstract objects, the existential meaning of particular quantification, the primitiveness of identity, the question of epistemic versus ontological vagueness, the necessity of origin, the nature of natural necessity, the possibility of intermittent existence, the notion of a temporal part and its place in an account of persistence, the question of identity and change across time and possible worlds, and many more. Readership: A toolbox for any researcher in metaphysics and an essential source for any PhD student with ontological interests.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Ontology and Analysis
- The Question of Realism / Kit Fine 3
- Words and Objects / Achille C. Varzi 49
- Part 2 Essence and Existence
- Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle / Enrico Berti 79
- Some Comments on Prof. Enrico Berti's Paper "Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle" / David Charles 109
- Existence, Identity, and an Aristotelian Tradition / Alex Orenstein 127
- Orenstein on Existence and Identity / Mauro Mariani 151
- Abstract Objects: A Case Study / Stephen Yablo 163
- Kinds, Essence, and Natural Necessity / E. Jonathan Lowe 189
- Kinds of Necessity: a Commentary on E.J. Lowe's Paper / Kathe Trettin 207
- Part 3 Identity
- On the Notion of Identity in Aristotle / Mario Mignucci 217
- Sameness in Aristotle's Topics / Paolo Crivelli 239
- Identity and Supervenience / David Wiggins 247
- Comments on Wiggins's Paper "Identity and Supervience" / Edmund Runggaldier 267
- Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz's Law / Timothy Williamson 273
- Williamson on Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz's Law / Dorothy Edgington 305
- Origins and Identities / Graeme Forbes 319
- Forbes on Origins and Identities / Penelope Mackie 341
- Part 4 Time and Persistence
- Leibniz, Composite Substances and the Persistence of Organic Things / Anthony Savile 355
- On Naturalising Leibniz (a Reply to Anthony Savile) / Richard Glauser 369
- Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time / Peter Van Inwagen 387
- Van Inwagen on Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time / Andrea Bottani 413
- Change and Change-Ersatz / Uwe Meixner 427
- Starting Over / Christopher Hughes 451.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1402005482
- OCLC:
- 49853472
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