Kristie Lyn Miller
Springer Netherlands
2006e druk, 2007
9781402052552
Issues in Theoretical Diversity
Persistence, Composition, and Time
Specificaties
Gebonden, 258 blz.
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Engels
Springer Netherlands |
2006e druk, 2007
ISBN13: 9781402052552
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Philosophical Studies Series
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Samenvatting
Our world is full of composite objects that persist through time: dogs, persons, chairs and rocks. But in virtue of what do a bunch of little objects get to compose some bigger object, and how does that bigger object persist through time? This book aims to answer these questions, but it does so by looking at accounts of composition and persistence through a new methodological lens. It thereby offers a completely novel view about persistence and composition.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781402052552
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:258
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:2006
Inhoudsopgave
What is Metaphysical Equivalence?.- The Puzzles of Persistence.- Defining Our Terms.- Issues of Composition.- The Metaphysical Equivalence of Unitary Three- and Four-dimensionalism.- The Metaphysical Equivalence of Non-Unitary Three- and Four-dimensionalism.- Travelling in Time.- Empirical Equivalence and Special Relativity.