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9780198250449

Indeterminate Identity Metaphysics and Semantics

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    9780198250449

  • ISBN10:

    0198250444

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-12-14
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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Summary

Terence Parsons presents a lively and controversial study of philosophical questions about identity. Because many puzzles about identity remain unsolved, some people believe that they are questions that have no answers and that there is a problem with the language used to formulate them. Parsons explores a different possibility: that such puzzles lack answers because of the way the world is (or because of the way the world is not). He claims that there is genuine indeterminacy of identity in the world. He articulates such a view in detail and defends it from a host of criticisms.

Author Biography


Terence Parsons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine.

Table of Contents

Analytical Table of Contents x
Introduction
1(10)
Indeterminacy
11(20)
Identity
31(14)
The Evans Argument, Properties, and DDiff
45(11)
Non-Conditional Disputations
56(31)
Conditional Disputations
87(20)
Understanding Indeterminacy
107(27)
Counting Objects
134(16)
Denoting Objects
150(10)
Alternatives to Indeterminate Identity
160(21)
Sets and Properties with Indeterminate Identity
181(14)
Higher-Order Indeterminacy
195(9)
Appendix: Evans on Indeterminacy 204(11)
Reference 215(4)
Index 219

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