Identity and Spatio-temporal Continuity
Author: David Wiggins
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 104
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Continuants
Author: David Wiggins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 0198716621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor this volume David Wiggins has selected and revised eleven of his essays in an area of metaphysics where his work has been particularly influential, and he has added a substantial introduction and one new unpublished essay. Among the subjects treated are substance, identity, persistence, persons, sortals, and artefacts.
Sameness and Substance Renewed
Author: David Wiggins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-09-06
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780521456197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, which thoroughly revises and greatly expands his classic work Sameness and Substance (1980), David Wiggins retrieves and refurbishes in the light of twentieth-century logic and logical theory certain conceptions of identity, of substance and of persistence through change that philosophy inherits from its past. In this new version, he vindicates the absoluteness, necessity, determinateness and all or nothing character of identity against rival conceptions. He defends a form of essentialism that he calls individuative essentialism, and then a form of realism that he calls conceptualist realism. In a final chapter he advocates a human being-based conception of the identity and individuation of persons, arguing that any satisfactory account of personal memory must make reference to the life of the rememberer himself. This important book will appeal to a wide range of readers in metaphysics, philosophical logic, and analytic philosophy.
Locke on Personal Identity
Author: Galen Strawson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-07-21
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 0691161003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Locke's theory of personal identity underlies all modern discussion of the nature of persons and selves—yet it is widely thought to be wrong. In this book, Galen Strawson argues that in fact it is Locke’s critics who are wrong, and that the famous objections to his theory are invalid. Indeed, far from refuting Locke, they illustrate his fundamental point. Strawson argues that the root error is to take Locke’s use of the word "person" as merely a term for a standard persisting thing, like "human being." In actuality, Locke uses "person" primarily as a forensic or legal term geared specifically to questions about praise and blame, punishment and reward. This point is familiar to some philosophers, but its full consequences have not been worked out, partly because of a further error about what Locke means by the word "conscious." When Locke claims that your personal identity is a matter of the actions that you are conscious of, he means the actions that you experience as your own in some fundamental and immediate manner. Clearly and vigorously argued, this is an important contribution both to the history of philosophy and to the contemporary philosophy of personal identity.
Doctor Who and Philosophy
Author: Courtland Lewis
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0812696883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhilosophers look at the deeper issues raised by the adventures of Doctor Who, the main character in the long-running science fiction TV series of the same name.
Substance, Body and Soul
Author: Edwin Hartman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015-03-08
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1400869412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEdwin Hartman explores Aristotle's metaphysical assumptions as they illuminate his thought and some issues of current philosophical significance. The author's analysis of the theory of the soul treats such topics of lively debate as ontological primacy, spatio-temporal continuity, personal identity, and the relation between mind and body. Aristotle presents a world populated primarily by individual material objects rather than by their parts or by universals. The author notes that defense of this view requires Aristotle to create the notion of form or essence. A material object, the Philosopher holds, is identical with its particular essence, and is not a combination of form and matter. Most important, a person is a substance and his essence is his soul. Personal identify is therefore bodily identity, and survival consists in bodily continuity. The relation between a state of perceiving and a state of the body is a special case of the weak identity between form and matter. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Personal Identity
Author: Georg Gasser
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-11-15
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1107014441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses whether personal identity is analyzable, with innovative discussion of 'complex' and 'simple' theories.
Riddles of Existence
Author: Earl Conee
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2014-12-14
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0191035920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRiddles of Existence makes metaphysics genuinely accessible, even fun. Its lively, informal style brings the riddles to life and shows how stimulating they can be to think about. No philosophical background is required to enjoy this book. It is ideal for beginning students. Anyone wanting to think about life's most profound questions will find Riddles of Existence provocative and entertaining. This new edition is updated throughout, and features two extra, specially written chapters: one on metaphysical questions to do with morality, and the other on questions about the nature of metaphysics itself.
Space, Time, Matter, and Form
Author: David Bostock
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2006-02-16
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 0199286868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpace, Time, Matter, and Form collects ten of David Bostock's essays on themes from Aristotle's Physics, four of them published here for the first time. The first five papers look at issues raised in the first two books of the Physics, centred on notions of matter and form, and the idea of substance as what persists through change. They also range over other of Aristotle's scientific works, such as his biology and psychology and the account of change in his De Generatione et Corruptione. The volume's remaining essays examine themes in later books of the Physics, including infinity, place, time, and continuity. Bostock argues that Aristotle's views on these topics are of real interest in their own right, independent of his notions of substance, form, and matter; they also raise some pressing problems of interpretation, which these essays seek to resolve.
Reasons and Persons
Author: Derek Parfit
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 1986-01-23
Total Pages: 880
ISBN-13: 0191622443
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. The author claims that we have a false view of our own nature; that it is often rational to act against our own best interests; that most of us have moral views that are directly self-defeating; and that, when we consider future generations the conclusions will often be disturbing. He concludes that moral non-religious moral philosophy is a young subject, with a promising but unpredictable future.
