The concept of identity / / Eli Hirsch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910971770603321
• Autore: Hirsch Eli
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• ISBN: 0-19-773012-4; 0-19-536064-8; 1-4294-0748-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x,318p. ) : ill
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Altri autori (Persone): HirschEli
• Disciplina: 126
• Soggetti: Identity (Philosophical concept); Object (Philosophy); Space and time
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Part One originally published: as The persistence of objects. Philadelphia : University Science Center, 1976.; Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1992.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- PART ONE: THE PERSISTENCE OF OBJECTS -- Introduction to Part One -- 1 Continuity -- I: The Simple Continuity Analysis -- II: Qualitative Continuity -- III: Spatiotemporal Continuity -- IV: Is Continuity Necessary? -- V: Is Continuity Sufficient? -- 2 Sortals -- I: The Sortal Rule -- II: The Making of a Sortal -- III: Coming into Existence and Going out of Existence -- IV: Identity, Predication, and Constitution -- V: The Compositional Criterion -- 3 The Basic Idea of Persistence -- I: A Question about Sortal-Relativity -- II: The Basic Rule -- III: Limitations of the Basic Rule -- IV: Refining the Basic Rule -- V: Unity through Time and Space -- VI: Articulation -- 4 The Persistence of Matter -- I: A Puzzle about Matter -- II: An "Ultimate" Kind of Persistence -- III: Searching for Identity Criteria -- IV: Matter and Common Sense -- 5 The Metaphysics of Persistence -- I: Do We Need Persisting Objects? -- II: A Question about Spatiotemporal Continuity -- III: Identity Schemes -- IV: "Real" and "Fictitious" Persistence -- V: Can We Justify Our Identity Scheme? -- PART TWO: MINDS AND BODIES -- Introduction to Part Two -- 6 Foundations of Identity -- I: ; Metaphysical Priorities and Epistemological Priorities -- II: Body-Stages -- III: Temporal Parts -- IV: A Question of Priorities -- V: Spatiotemporal Continuity -- VI: Analyzing Bodily Identity -- VII: Epistemological Priorities -- 7 Matter, Causality, and Stereotypes of Identity -- I: Optimal Cases -- II: Compositional and Causal Continuity -- III: Stereotypes of Identity -- 8 A Sense of Unity -- I: Criteria of Unity -- II: Unity and Similarity -- III: Conventionalism -- IV: An "Empiricist" Explanation -- V: Focusing on Objects -- VI: Conclusion -- 9 Natural Kinds and Natural Units -- I: Kinds and Units -- II: Kinds and Similarity Classes -- III: Is the Class of Units a Kind?.; IV: Kinds and Individuation -- V: The Basis of Kinds and Units -- 10 Constraints on Self-Identity -- I: A Strange Identity Concept -- II: Metaphysical Constraints -- III: Pragmatic Constraints -- IV: Psychological Constraints -- V: The Sense of Self -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of the author's essays on various issues in philosophy, which focuses on identity in particular and metaphysics in general.