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Occasions of identity : a study in the metaphysics of persistence, change, and sameness /

Occasions of Identity is an exploration of timeless philosophical issues about persistence, change, time, and sameness. Andre Gallois offers a critical survey of various rival views about the nature of identity and change, and puts forward his own original theory in the face of the prevailing orthod...

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Main Author: Gallois, André.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Clarendon Press, 1998.
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Identity (Philosophical concept)
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245 1 0 |a Occasions of identity :  |b a study in the metaphysics of persistence, change, and sameness /  |c by André Gallois. 
260 |a New York :  |b Clarendon Press,  |c 1998. 
300 |a xiii, 296 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |g pt. I.  |t The Problem and Some Solutions.  |g 1.  |t Puzzle Cases.  |g 2.  |t Solutions to the Puzzle Cases --  |g pt. II.  |t Occasional Identities.  |g 3.  |t Occasional Identities: A Preliminary Account.  |g 4.  |t Counting Amoebas.  |g 5.  |t Extending the Occasional Identity Thesis.  |g 6.  |t Defending the Contingency of Identity.  |g 7.  |t Perry and Myro on Occasional Identities --  |g pt. III.  |t Alternative Accounts.  |g 8.  |t Identity Strict and Loose.  |g 9.  |t Indefinite Identities.  |g 10.  |t The Four-Dimensional World. 
520 |a Occasions of Identity is an exploration of timeless philosophical issues about persistence, change, time, and sameness. Andre Gallois offers a critical survey of various rival views about the nature of identity and change, and puts forward his own original theory in the face of the prevailing orthodoxy. He argues that it is coherent and helpful to suppose that things can be identical at one time, but distinct at another - in other words, that there are genuine occasional identities. Gallois defends this view against objections, demonstrates how it can solve puzzles about persistence dating back to the Ancient Greeks, and investigates the metaphysical consequences of rejecting the necessity and eternity of identities. 
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