More kinds of being : a further study of individuation, identity, and the logic of sortal terms / E.J. Lowe.
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TextPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444315059; 1444315056; 9781405182560; 1405182563; 9781444315042; 1444315048Subject(s): Identity (Philosophical concept) | Individuation (Philosophy) | Mind and body | Logic | Language and languages -- Philosophy | PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality | PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body | Identity (Philosophical concept) | Individuation (Philosophy) | Language and languages -- Philosophy | Logic | Mind and body | Identiteitsbeginsel | Lichaam en geest | LogicaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: More kinds of being.DDC classification: 126 LOC classification: BC199.I4 | L69 2009ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 of the original ideas and arguments put forth in Kinds of Being thoroughly up to date in light of new developments; Features a thorough reworking and expansion of the earlier work, rather than just a new edition; Reflects the author's conversion to what he calls 'the four-category ontology, ' a met.
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