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9780199285747

Identity and Modality

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-09-21
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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Summary

The papers in this volume address fundamental, and interrelated, philosophical issues concerning modality and identity, issues that have not only been pivotal to the development of analytic philosophy in the twentieth century, but remain a key focus of metaphysical debate in the twenty-first.How are we to understand the concepts of necessity and possibility? Is chance a basic ingredient of reality? How are we to make sense of claims about personal identity? Do numbers require distinctive identity criteria? Does the capacity to identify an object presuppose an ability to bring it under asortal concept? Rather than presenting a single, partisan perspective, Identity and Modality enriches our understanding of identity and modality by bringing together papers written by leading researchers working in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of mathematics.The resulting variety of perspectives correspondingly reflects both the breadth and depth of contemporary theorizing about identity and modality, each paper addressing a particular issue and advancing our knowledge of the area. This volume will provide essential reading for graduate students in the subject and professional philosophers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Notes on contributors ix
Introduction 1(10)
Fraser MacBride
Part I: Modality 11(96)
1. The Limits of Contingency
13(27)
Gideon Rosen
2. Modal Infallibilism and Basic Truth
40(17)
Scott Sturgeon
3. The Modal Fictionalist Predicament
57(17)
John Divers and Jason Hagen
4. On Realism about Chance
74(35)
Philip Percival
Part II: Identity and Individuation 107(112)
5. Structure and Identity
109(37)
Stewart Shapiro
6 The Identity Problem for Realist Structuralism II: A Reply to Shapiro
146(18)
Jukka Kerdnen
7. The Governance of Identity
164(10)
Stewart Shapiro
8. The Julius Caesar Objection: More Problematic than Ever
174(29)
Fraser MacBride
9. Sortals and the Binding Problem
203(16)
John Campbell
Part III: Personal Identity 219(42)
10. Vagueness and Personal Identity
221(21)
Keith Hossack
11. Is There a Bodily Criterion of Personal Identity?
242(19)
Eric T. Olson
Index 261

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