Individuals, essence, and identity : themes of analytic metaphysics /
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston, MA : Kluwer Academic, c2002. |
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| Description: | xv, 500 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Topoi library ; v. 4 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4698612 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1. Ontology and Analysis
- The Question of Realism
- Words and Objects
- Part 2. Essence and Existence
- Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle
- Some Comments on Prof. Enrico Berti's Paper "Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle"
- Existence, Identity, and an Aristotelian Tradition
- Orenstein on Existence and Identity
- Abstract Objects: A Case Study
- Kinds, Essence, and Natural Necessity
- Kinds of Necessity: a Commentary on E.J. Lowe's Paper
- Part 3. Identity
- On the Notion of Identity in Aristotle
- Sameness in Aristotle's Topics
- Identity and Supervenience
- Comments on Wiggins's Paper "Identity and Supervience"
- Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz's Law
- Williamson on Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz's Law
- Origins and Identities
- Forbes on Origins and Identities
- Part 4. Time and Persistence
- Leibniz, Composite Substances and the Persistence of Organic Things
- On Naturalising Leibniz (a Reply to Anthony Savile)
- Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time
- Van Inwagen on Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time
- Change and Change-Ersatz
- Starting Over
- List of Contributors
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
