The metaphysics of identity over time / David S. Oderberg
1993, First Edition. New York : St. Martin's Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #432816
ISBN: 0333593510
Physical description; ix, 228 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index. Contents; 1. Continuity as the Criterion of Identity over Time: The Classical Theory of Continuity -- 2. Continuity as the Criterion of Identity over Time: Continuity without Stages? -- 3. The Ontology of Stages (Being the Orthodox/Humean Theory of Identity) -- 4. The Myth of Continuity: What's Wrong with Four-Dimensionalism? -- 5. The Myth of Continuity: A Coherent Ontology? -- 6. Some Problems of Identity over Time Considered -- 7. Fission, Intermittence and the Primitiveness of Identity.
Subjects; Identity (Philosophical concept). Continuity. Identity.
Price: €165.00