04214nam 22006372n 450 991080705280332120240501130746.00-19-773012-40-19-536064-81-4294-0748-410.1093/oso/9780195074741.001.0001(CKB)1000000000414249(StDuBDS)AH24084370(Au-PeEL)EBL4702498(CaPaEBR)ebr11273594(OCoLC)476012909(MiAaPQ)EBC4702498(OCoLC)1406785937(StDuBDS)9780197730126(EXLCZ)99100000000041424919920806e20231982 |y |engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe concept of identity /Eli Hirsch1st ed.New York ;Oxford University Press,20231 online resource (x,318p. )illOxford scholarship onlinePart One originally published: as The persistence of objects. Philadelphia : University Science Center, 1976.Includes index.Previously issued in print: 1992.0-19-507474-2 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.A collection of the author's essays on various issues in philosophy, which focuses on identity in particular and metaphysics in general.Oxford scholarship online.Identity (Philosophical concept)Object (Philosophy)Space and timeIdentity (Philosophical concept)Object (Philosophy)Space and time.126Hirsch Eli142530Hirsch Eli142530UkUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910807052803321Concept of Identity508577UNINA