Indeterminate identity metaphysics and semantics

This is a study of philosophical questions about identity. If a ship has all its parts replaced, is the resulting ship identical with the original ship? It argues that these puzzles remain unsolved because of a genuine indeterminacy of identity

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parsons, Terence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 2000, 2000
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This is a study of philosophical questions about identity. If a ship has all its parts replaced, is the resulting ship identical with the original ship? It argues that these puzzles remain unsolved because of a genuine indeterminacy of identity
Physical Description:xvii, 221p. ill
ISBN:9780191681301
019168130X