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Unity and time in metaphysics /

The contributions to this collection deal with the fundamental problem of unity, which plays a decisive role in many contemporary debates (even when this role is not acknowledged). Questions like whether there can be unities that persist through time - e.g. persons who remain the same throughout the...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Honnefelder, Ludger, Runggaldier, Edmund, Schick, Benedikt
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, ©2009.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • IDENTITY ACROSS TIME: A DEFENSE OF THREE-DIMENSIONALISM
  • UNITY AND CONSTITUTION OF SOCIAL ENTITIES
  • THE NON-PHYSICALNESS OF MATERIAL OBJECTS
  • SERIOUS ENDURANTISM AND THE STRONG UNITY OF HUMAN PERSONS
  • WHY PARTHOOD MIGHT BE A FOUR-PLACE RELATION, AND HOW IT BEHAVES IF IT IS
  • AN ALTERNATIVE TO ENDURANTISM AND PERDURANTISM: DOING WITHOUT OCCUPANTS
  • THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK ONTOLOGY AND THE QUESTION OF TEMPORAL BEING
  • NEW IDEAS ON SUBJECT AND IDENTITY IN MEDIEVAL LOGIC
  • TIME AND EXISTENCE
  • AGAINST CONVENTIONALISM: POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
  • POWERS AND PERSISTENCE
  • NATURAL INDIVIDUALS AND INTRINSIC PROPERTIES
  • Backmatter.