Indeterminate identity : metaphysics and semantics

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Terence, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Metaphysics and semantics

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a study of philosophical questions about identity. If a ship has all its parts replaced, is the resulting ship identical with the original ship? It argues that these puzzles remain unsolved because of a genuine indeterminacy of identity.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Indeterminacy

3. Identity

4. The Evans Argument, Properties, and DDiff

5. Non-Conditional Disputations

6. Conditional Disputations

7. Understanding Indeterminacy

8. Counting Objects

9. Denoting Objects

10. Alternatives to Indeterminate Identity

11. Sets and Properties with Indeterminate Identity

12. Higher-Order Indeterminacy

App. Evans on Indeterminacy.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-168130-X

0-19-825044-4