More kinds of being : a further study of individuation, identity, and the logic of sortal terms / E.J. Lowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowe, E. J. (E. Jonathan)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Individuation (Philosophy).

Mind and body.

Logic.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

[New, expanded ed.].

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taking into account significant developments in the metaphysical thinking of E. J. Lowe over the past 20 years, More Kinds of Being:A Further Study of Individuation, Identity, and the Logic of Sortal Terms presents a thorough reworking and expansion of the 1989 edition of Kinds of Being Brings many of the original ideas and arguments put forth in Kinds of Being thoroughly up to date in light of new developmentsFeatures a thorough reworking and expansion of the earlier work, rather than just a new editionReflects the author's conversion to wh

Contents:

More Kinds of Being; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The Varieties of 'Is'; Individuals, Kinds, and Realism; Semantics, Metaphysics, and Necessity; New Developments; 2 Sortal Terms and Criteria of Identity; 3 Individuals, Sorts, and Instantiation; 4 Number, Unity, and Individuality; 5 The Absoluteness of Identity: A Defence; Appendix: Some Formal Principles and Arguments; 6 Identity and Constitution; 7 Parts and Wholes; 8 Persons and Their Bodies; Matter and Organisms; Organisms and Persons; Is There a Criterion of Personal Identity?; 9 Sortal Terms and Natural Laws

10 Plural Quantification and Sortal Reference11 Laws, Dispositions, and Sortal Logic; Appendix: An Axiomatic System of Sortal Logic; 12 What Sorts of Things Are There?; The Syntax and Semantics of Complex Sortal Terms; On the Identity of Sorts; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613204721

9781283204729

128320472X

9781444315042

1444315048

9781444315059

1444315056

OCLC:

593239862