ENGLISH

Locke on Essence and Identity

By C.H. Conn

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2003
ISBN
1402016700, 9781402016707
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1985517 bytes)
Series
Philosophical Studies Series 98
Edition
1
Pages
217\217
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This book is a study of John Locke's metaphysics of organisms and persons, with particular emphasis on his theory of identity through time and his conventionalism with respect to kinds and essences. After presenting three arguments for thinking that the organisms and persons in Locke's ontology have both spatial and temporal extent, the author argues that on a four-dimensional ontology there is no contradiction between Locke's theory of identity and his rejection of essentialism.

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