What is Identity?

Erscheinungsjahr 1989
ISBN: 978-0-19-824808-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 415 g

The concept of identity has been seen to lead to paradox: we cannot truly and usefully say that a thing is the same either as itself or as something else. This book is a full examination of this paradox in philosophical logic, and of its implications for the philosophy of mathematics, the philosphy of mind, and relativism about identity. The author's account involves detailed discussion of the views of Wittgenstein, Russell, Frege, and Hintikka.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, C. J. F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The paradox of identity: Plato to Russell; Wittgenstein: Identity not a relation; The need for a sign of identity; Same and self; An Eirenic interlude; Identity and indiscernibility; Arithmetical equations; The identity of events; Personal identity; Being, identity and truth