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Time and Identity (Paperback, New Ed)
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Time and Identity (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: Topics in Contemporary Philosophy
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Original essays on the metaphysics of time, identity, and the self,
written by distinguished scholars and important rising
philosophers. The concepts of time and identity seem at once
unproblematic and frustratingly difficult. Time is an intricate
part of our experience-it would seem that the passage of time is a
prerequisite for having any experience at all-and yet recalcitrant
questions about time remain. Is time real? Does time flow? Do past
and future moments exist? Philosophers face similarly stubborn
questions about identity, particularly about the persistence of
identical entities through change. Indeed, questions about the
metaphysics of persistence take on many of the complexities
inherent in philosophical considerations of time. This volume of
original essays brings together these two essentially related
concepts in a way not reflected in the available literature, making
it required reading for philosophers working in metaphysics and
students interested in these topics. The contributors,
distinguished authors and rising scholars, first consider the
nature of time and then turn to the relation of identity, focusing
on the metaphysical connections between the two, with a special
emphasis on personal identity. The volume concludes with essays on
the metaphysics of death, issues in which time and identity play a
significant role. This groundbreaking collection offers both
cutting-edge epistemological analysis and historical perspectives
on contemporary topics. Contributors Harriet Baber, Lynne Rudder
Baker, Ben Bradley, John W. Carroll, Reinaldo Elugardo, Geoffrey
Gorham, Mark Hinchliff, Jenann Ismael, Barbara Levenbook, Andrew
Light, Lawrence B. Lombard, Ned Markosian, Harold Noonan, John
Perry, Harry S. Silverstein, Matthew H. Slater, Robert J. Stainton,
Neil A. Tognazzini
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