Unity and Time in Metaphysics
1st Edition
Published on 17. August 2009
VIII, 254 pages
978-3-11-021235-8 (ISBN)
Description
The contributions to this collection deal with the fundamental problem of unity, which plays a decisive role in many contemporary debates (even when this role is not acknowledged). Questions like whether there can be unities that persist through time - e.g. persons who remain the same throughout their lives - are discussed from various perspectives. Is such an idea possible at all, and if so, what role do concepts like force, capacity, and disposition play in this context?
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Ludger Honnefelder | Edmund Runggaldier SJ | Benedikt Schick
Unity and Time in Metaphysics
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08/2009
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Ludger Honnefelder, Edmund Runggaldier and Benedikt Schick, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Content
1 - Frontmatter [Seite 1]
2 - CONTENTS [Seite 7]
3 - IDENTITY ACROSS TIME: A DEFENSE OF THREE-DIMENSIONALISM [Seite 9]
4 - UNITY AND CONSTITUTION OF SOCIAL ENTITIES [Seite 23]
5 - THE NON-PHYSICALNESS OF MATERIAL OBJECTS [Seite 54]
6 - SERIOUS ENDURANTISM AND THE STRONG UNITY OF HUMAN PERSONS [Seite 75]
7 - WHY PARTHOOD MIGHT BE A FOUR-PLACE RELATION, AND HOW IT BEHAVES IF IT IS [Seite 91]
8 - AN ALTERNATIVE TO ENDURANTISM AND PERDURANTISM: DOING WITHOUT OCCUPANTS [Seite 142]
9 - THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK ONTOLOGY AND THE QUESTION OF TEMPORAL BEING [Seite 159]
10 - NEW IDEAS ON SUBJECT AND IDENTITY IN MEDIEVAL LOGIC [Seite 191]
11 - TIME AND EXISTENCE [Seite 206]
12 - AGAINST CONVENTIONALISM: POWERS AND FUNCTIONS [Seite 218]
13 - POWERS AND PERSISTENCE [Seite 231]
14 - NATURAL INDIVIDUALS AND INTRINSIC PROPERTIES [Seite 245]
15 - Backmatter [Seite 261]
2 - CONTENTS [Seite 7]
3 - IDENTITY ACROSS TIME: A DEFENSE OF THREE-DIMENSIONALISM [Seite 9]
4 - UNITY AND CONSTITUTION OF SOCIAL ENTITIES [Seite 23]
5 - THE NON-PHYSICALNESS OF MATERIAL OBJECTS [Seite 54]
6 - SERIOUS ENDURANTISM AND THE STRONG UNITY OF HUMAN PERSONS [Seite 75]
7 - WHY PARTHOOD MIGHT BE A FOUR-PLACE RELATION, AND HOW IT BEHAVES IF IT IS [Seite 91]
8 - AN ALTERNATIVE TO ENDURANTISM AND PERDURANTISM: DOING WITHOUT OCCUPANTS [Seite 142]
9 - THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK ONTOLOGY AND THE QUESTION OF TEMPORAL BEING [Seite 159]
10 - NEW IDEAS ON SUBJECT AND IDENTITY IN MEDIEVAL LOGIC [Seite 191]
11 - TIME AND EXISTENCE [Seite 206]
12 - AGAINST CONVENTIONALISM: POWERS AND FUNCTIONS [Seite 218]
13 - POWERS AND PERSISTENCE [Seite 231]
14 - NATURAL INDIVIDUALS AND INTRINSIC PROPERTIES [Seite 245]
15 - Backmatter [Seite 261]
