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Zusatztext all in all, this is an impressive volume, of significant interest to anyone who wants to stay abreast of developments in contemporary metaphysics Klappentext The eleven new papers in this volume address fundamental and interrelated philosophical issues concerning modality and identity, issues that were pivotal to the development of analytic philosophy in the twentieth century, and remain a key focus of debate in the twenty-first. Identity andModality brings together leading researchers in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of mathematics. Zusammenfassung The papers in this volume address fundamental, and interrelated, philosophical issues concerning modality and identity, issues that have not only been pivotal to the development of analytic philosophy in the twentieth century, but remain a key focus of metaphysical debate in the twenty-first. How are we to understand the concepts of necessity and possibility? Is chance a basic ingredient of reality? How are we to make sense of claims about personal identity? Do numbers require distinctive identity criteria? Does the capacity to identify an object presuppose an ability to bring it under a sortal concept? Rather than presenting a single, partisan perspective, Identity and Modality enriches our understanding of identity and modality by bringing together papers written by leading researchers working in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of mathematics. The resulting variety of perspectives correspondingly reflects both the breadth and depth of contemporary theorizing about identity and modality, each paper addressing a particular issue and advancing our knowledge of the area. This volume will provide essential reading for graduate students in the subject and professional philosophers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Modality 1: Gideon Rosen: The Limits of Contingency 2: Scott Sturgeon: Modal Infallibilism and Basic Truth 3: John Divers and Jason Hagen: The Modal Fictionalist Predicament 4: Philip Percival: On Realism about Chance II. Identity and Individuation 5: Stewart Shapiro: Structure and Identity 6: Jukka Keranen: The Identity Problem for Realist Structuralism II: A Reply to Shapiro 7: Stewart Shapiro: The Governance of Identity 8: Fraser MacBride: The Julius Caesar Objection: More Problematic than Ever 9: John Campbell: Sortals and the Binding Problem III. Personal Identity 10: Keith Hossack: Vagueness and Personal Identity 11: Eric T. Olson: The Bodily Criterion of Personal Identity ...
