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Occasions of Identity: A Study in the Metaphysics of Persistence, Change, and Sameness

By André Gallois

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1998
ISBN
0198237448, 9780198237440
LCC
BD236 .G35 1998
Open Library ID
OL677892M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10826504 bytes)
Pages
312\308
Topic
Physics
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

Occasions of Identity is an exploration of timeless philosophical issues about persistence, change, time, and sameness. Andr? Gallois offers a critical survey of various rival views about the nature of identity and change, and puts forward his own original theory. He supports the idea of occasional identities, arguing that it is coherent and helpful to suppose that things can be identical at one time but distinct at another. Gallois defends this view, demonstrating how it can solve puzzles about persistence dating back to the Ancient Greeks, and investigates the metaphysical consequences of rejecting the necessity and eternity of identities.

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