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Issues in Theoretical Diversity

Persistence, Composition, and Time, Philosophical Studies Series 106

Erschienen am 22.11.2010, 1. Auflage 2006
Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9789048173242
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: xiv, 258 S.
Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Beschreibung

InhaltsangabeWhat is Metaphysical Equivalence?.- The Puzzles of Persistence.- Defining Our Terms.- Issues of Composition.- The Metaphysical Equivalence of Unitary Three- and Four-dimensionalism.- The Metaphysical Equivalence of Non-Unitary Three- and Four-dimensionalism.- Travelling in Time.- Empirical Equivalence and Special Relativity.

Inhalt

Introduction.- 1. What is Metaphysical Equivalence?- 2. The Puzzles of Persistence.- 3. Defining our Terms.- 4. Issues of Composition.- 5. The Metaphysical Equivalence of Unitary Three- and Four-dimensionalism.- 6. The Metaphysical Equivalence of Non-Unitary Three and Four-dimensionalism.- 7. Travelling in Time.- 8. Empirical Equivalence and Special Relativity.- Glossary.- Bibliography.