Issues In Theoretical Diversity Persistence, Composition, and Time
Our world is full of composite objects that persist through time: dogs, persons, chairs and rocks. But in virtue of what do a bunch of little objects get to compose some bigger object, and how does that bigger object persist through time? This book aims t
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PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES SERIES VOLUME 106
Founded by Wilfrid S. Sellars and Keith Lehrer
Editor Keith Lehrer, University of Arizona, Tucson Associate Editor Stewart Cohen, Arizona State University, Tempe Board of Consulting Editors Lynne Rudder Baker, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Radu Bogdan, Tulane University, New Orleans Marian David, University of Notre Dame John M. Fischer, University of California at Riverside Allan Gibbard, University of Michigan Denise Meyerson, Macquarie University François Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod, EHESS, Paris Mark Sainsbury, University of Texas at Austin Stuart Silvers, Clemson University Barry Smith, State University of New York at Buffalo Nicholas D. Smith, Lewis & Clark College Linda Zagzebski, University of Oklahoma
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
ISSUES IN THEORETICAL DIVERSITY Persistence, Composition, and Time by
KRISTIE LYN MILLER The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Contents
Introduction
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CHAPTER 1: What is Metaphysical Equivalence?
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1. Metaphysical Equivalence 1.1. Case Studies 1.2. Defining Metaphysical Equivalence 2. Inter-translatability and Equivalence 3. Diagnostic Criteria 3.1. Diagnosing a Practical Translation: Empirical Equivalence 3.2. Diagnosing a Practical Translation: the Principle of Charity 3.3. Diagnosing a Practical Translation: Explanatory Power 3.4. Diagnosing a Correct Translation: Explanatory Idle Elements 4. Why is this Metaphysical Equivalence? 5. How does this account help?
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CHAPTER 2: The Puzzles of Persistence
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1. The Puzzles of Persistence 1.1. Change 1.2. Temporary Coincidence 1.3. Permanent Coincidence 1.4. Fission 2. Two General Approaches to Persistence 2.1. Three-dimensionalism 2.2. Broadly Three-dimensionalist Approaches
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2.3. Four-dimensionalism 2.4. Broadly Four-dimensionalist Approaches 3. Different solutions?
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CHAPTER 3: Defining Our Terms
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1. Getting Started 2. Four-dimensionalism 2.1. Ancillary Commitments and Consistency 2.2. The Stage View 3. Three-dimensionalism 3.1. Definition Difficulties 3.2. Possibilist Suggestions 4. A New Definition of Endurance 4.1. Instantiating Properties Simpliciter 4.2. Having Parts S
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