Identity

Informationen zum Autor Giselle Walker is Associate Dean at Darwin College and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext There is a spectrum of identities: from the mathematical, through cases where specific criteria matter, to the complex or intuitive cases where we can recognise identity but don't know what the criteria should be. In a series of essays by senior figures in the sciences and humanities, this book examines what identity means across a number of academic disciplines. Topics range from mathematics, through the rules of recognition in biology and the law, to comprehending the individual in the visual, performing and literary arts, and ultimately to notions of the philosophy of existence. Using the theme of identity to make new interdisciplinary connections, the contributors offer interested readers a glimpse into their specialist subjects and suggest new ways for students and scholars to think about identity in relation to their own work. Zusammenfassung The volume comprises essays based on lectures given in the 22nd Darwin Lecture series on the subject of Identity. The aim of the lectures! and of the associated volumes! is to present views of the chosen topic from a variety of views presented by acknowledged authorities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Identity of meaning Adrian Poole; 2. Identity and the law Lionel Bently; 3. Species-identity Peter Crane; 4. Mathematical identity Marcus Du Sautoy; 5. Immunological identity Philippa Marrack; 6. Visualizing identity Ludmilla Jordanova; 7. Musical identity Christopher Hogwood; 8. Identity and the mind Raymond Tallis; Notes on the contributors; Index.

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• Authors: Elisabeth Leedham-Green, Giselle Walker, Giselle (Cambridge University) Walker, Giselle (Cambridge University) Leedham-Gre Walker, Giselle Leedham-Green Walker
• Assisted by: Elisabeth Leedham-Green (Editor), Giselle Walker (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521897266
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89726-6
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Darwin College Lectures; Darwin College Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous