Occasions of Identity

A Study in the Metaphysics of Persistence, Change, and Sameness
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-926183-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

Occasions of Identity is an exploration of timeless philosophical issues about persistence, change, time, and sameness. André Gallois offers a critical survey of various rival views about the nature of identity and change, and puts forward his own original theory in the face of the prevailing orthodoxy. He argues that it is coherent and helpful to suppose that things can be identical at one time, but distinct at another - in other words, that there are genuine occasional identities. Gallois defends this view against objections, demonstrates how it can solve puzzles about persistence dating back to the Ancient Greeks, and investigates the metaphysical consequences of rejecting the necessity and eternity of identities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gallois, Andr^d'e

Gallois, André

Gallois, Andre

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

(Syracuse University, New York, USA)