Persistence / / ed. by Christian Kanzian.

The problem of persistence is as old as the tradition of systematic ontology. How can we explain that the middle-sized standard objects of everyday’s life are regarded normally as remaining 'the same', even if they change their properties and their material constituents? The aim of this ed...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
©2007
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis , 21
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Physical Description:1 online resource (198 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • What is Endurance?
  • Enduring States
  • Persistence and Ontological Pluralism
  • The Diachronic Identity of Social Entities
  • How Are Identity Conditions Grounded?
  • A Brief Ontology of Spatial and Temporal Localization
  • Ontology, ‘Existence’ and The Role of Intuition
  • Sortal Dependence of Persistence
  • Beyond Endurance and Perdurance: Recurrent Dynamics
  • The Thread of Persistence
  • Persistence
  • List of Authors
  • Backmatter