UID:
almafu_9959328024902883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781444315059
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1444315056
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9781405182560
,
1405182563
,
9781444315042
,
1444315048
Content:
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.
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Lowe, E.J. (E. Jonathan). More kinds of being. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 ISBN 9781405182560
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444315042
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444315042
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444315042
