Issues in Theoretical Diversity

Persistence, Composition, and Time

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Paperback, 258 blz. | Engels
Springer Netherlands | 0e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9789048173242
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Springer Netherlands 0e druk, 2010 9789048173242
Onderdeel van serie Philosophical Studies Series
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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.

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ISBN13:9789048173242
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:258
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:0

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.

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