The Way Things are: Basic Readings in MetaphysicsThis anthology of classic and contemporary readings addresses the major areas of metaphysical inquiry: personal identity and responsibility; free will and determinism; change and time; existence and non-existence; the mind-body problem; and causal determinism and free will. |
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... individual ( one person ) when we speak of Morning Alice and Evening Alice . The problem is that nu- merical identity entails qualitative sameness ( indiscernibility ) . We are speaking about one individual when we refer to Morning ...
... individual ( one person ) when we speak of Morning Alice and Evening Alice . The problem is that nu- merical identity entails qualitative sameness ( indiscernibility ) . We are speaking about one individual when we refer to Morning ...
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... individual ( Alice ) is happy , it is later such that the same individual is sad.14 More generally , qualitative changes occur when a given object is first in one qualitative state or condition and later is in another such state or ...
... individual ( Alice ) is happy , it is later such that the same individual is sad.14 More generally , qualitative changes occur when a given object is first in one qualitative state or condition and later is in another such state or ...
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... individual undoubtedly merges with my life , but this prenatal individual was not me if I am essentially a psychological being and it is not a psy- chological being . But how are we to determine what features are and are not essential ...
... individual undoubtedly merges with my life , but this prenatal individual was not me if I am essentially a psychological being and it is not a psy- chological being . But how are we to determine what features are and are not essential ...
Contents
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Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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