Issues in Theoretical Diversity: Persistence, Composition, and Time
Springer (2006)
| Abstract | 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 asks the question: what does it take for two theories to be genuinely different, and how can we know whether what seems like metaphysical disagreement is really just semantic disagreement? By offering a framework within which to explore issues of theoretical diversity, this book provides a novel way of thinking about the inter-relationship between composition and persistence. Ultimately, it argues for a new way of thinking about these issues, a way that does not preserve the standard theoretical dichotomies between four-dimensionalist theories on the one hand, and three-dimensionalist theories on the other. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Whole and parts (Philosophy Theory (Philosophy Identity (Philosophical concept Time Philosophy | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Buy the book | $209.00 direct from Amazon Amazon page | |||||||||
| Call number | BD396.M55 2006 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9781402052552 1402052553 | |||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,705 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesEli Hirsch (1976). The Persistence of Objects. University City Science Center.
Brian J. Scholl (2007). Object Persistence in Philosophy and Psychology. Mind and Language 22 (5):563–591.
Yuri Balashov (2000). Relativity and Persistence. Philosophy of Science 67 (3):562.
Tobias Hansson Wahlberg (2009). Objects in Time: Studies of Persistence in B-Time. Dissertation, Lund University
André Gallois (1998). Occasions of Identity: A Study in the Metaphysics of Persistence, Change, and Sameness. Oxford University Press.
Dean W. Zimmerman (1996). Persistence and Presentism. Philosophical Papers 25 (2):115-126.
Josh Parsons (2000). Must a Four-Dimensionalist Believe in Temporal Parts? The Monist 83 (3):399-418.
Eric T. Olson (2007). What Are We?: A Study in Personal Ontology. Oxford University Press.
Yuri Balashov (2000). Persistence and Space-Time. The Monist 83 (3):321-340.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads22 ( #56,255 of 549,198 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,397 of 549,198 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
