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

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...

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Main Authors: Lowe, E. J. (E. Jonathan)
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
Subjects:
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Individuation (Philosophy)
Mind and body.
Logic.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
PSYCHOLOGY > Personality.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Identiteitsbeginsel.
Lichaam en geest.
Logica.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444315042
Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781444315059 (electronic bk.)
1444315056 (electronic bk.)
9781405182560 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405182563 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781444315042
1444315048
Index Number: BC199
CLC: B017.9
Contents: 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.

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