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More kinds of being : a further study of individuation, identity, and the logic of sortal terms /

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"In More Kinds of Being, E. J. Lowe, one of the world's most distinguished contemporary metaphysicians, thoroughly reworks and expands upon the philosophical concepts first put forth in his acclaimed book, Kinds of Being (Blackwell, 1989). Taking into account significant developments in hi...

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Main Author: Lowe, E. J. (E. Jonathan)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Individuation (Philosophy)
Mind and body.
Logic.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The varieties of is
  • Individuals, kinds, and realism
  • Semantics, metaphysics, and necessity
  • New developments
  • Sortal terms and criteria of identity
  • Individuals, sorts, and instantiation
  • Number, unity, and individuality
  • The absoluteness of identity : a defence
  • Appendix: Some formal principles and arguments
  • Identity and constitution
  • Parts and wholes
  • Persons and their bodies
  • Matter and organisms
  • Organisms and persons
  • Is there a criterion of personal identity?
  • Sortal terms and natural laws
  • Plural quantification and sortal reference
  • Laws, dispositions, and sortal logic
  • Appendix: An axiomatic system of sortal logic
  • What sorts of things are there?
  • The syntax and semantics of complex sortal terms
  • On the identity of sorts.