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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lowe, E. J. (E. Jonathan)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.