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Personal Identity
Metaphysics
(Text as at 06/07/2023 00:43:12)
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- Thesis Text:
- Many general areas of philosophy are relevant to the topic of Personal Identity, including Ethics and Epistemology, but the questions are mainly metaphysical.
- Metaphysics is a large subject. As far as this Thesis is concerned, I’m only interested in it insofar as metaphysical arguments and ideas are necessary to support the overall argument.
- Thankfully, metaphysics is no longer regarded as the meaningless nonsense it was supposed to be under the Logical Positivists but as a way of addressing questions that don’t have any other method of approach, and ‘metaphysical’ is no longer a term of abuse.
- I do note, though that some metaphysical questions – by their nature – can never have empirical answers. The Logical Positivists would have these down as ‘meaningless’, but I take them as meaningful but indeterminate (except for the individual experiencing the situation in question). See, for example, my discussion of Forward versus Backward Psychological Continuity2.
Further Remarks:
- This Note is mostly to be used as a parking space for those general books and papers on the topic. Other metaphysical thoughts – and associated reading lists – will be recorded against the relevant detailed notes, including:-
- Existence3
- Hylomorphism4
- Individual5
- Persistence Criteria6
- Process Metaphysics7
- Properties8
- Time9
→ and sundry lesser Notes, including those subordinate to the above.
- Given the limited scope of this Note, and the enormous number of references to Metaphysics in my databases, there’s no point in producing a Page of Links10 for this Note.
References
- Relevant Works cited above: No items to list.
- Works on this topic that I’ve actually read11, include the following:-
- A further reading list might start with:-
- General:
- "Aune (Bruce) - Metaphysics: The Elements", 1985, Book, Read = 4%
- "Baker (Lynne Rudder) - The Metaphysics of Everyday Life", 2003, External Link, Internal PDF Link
- "Baker (Lynne Rudder) - The Metaphysics of Everyday Life: An Essay in Practical Realism", 2007, Book, Read = 2%
- "Balaguer (Mark) - Why metaphysical debates are not merely verbal (or how to have a non-verbal metaphysical debate)", 2017, External Link, Internal PDF Link, Read = 6%
- "Benardete (Jose A.) - Metaphysics: The Logical Approach", 1989, Book, Read = 3%
- "Bigaj (Tomasz) - Metaphysics: A guided tour for beginners", 2012, Book, Read = 2%
- "Carter (William) - The Elements of Metaphysics", 1990, Book
- "Chalmers (David), Manley (David) & Wasserman (Ryan) - Metametaphysics: New Essays on the Foundations of Ontology", 2009, Book, Read = 2%
- "Chisholm (Roderick) - On Metaphysics", 1989, Book, Read = 10%
- "Crane (Tim) & Farkas (Katalin) - Metaphysics: References", 2004, No Abstract
- "Dilworth (Craig) - The Metaphysics of Science", 1996, Book
- "Donnelly (John), Ed. - Language, Metaphysics and Death: A Metaphysical Reader", 1994, Book, Read = 3%
- "Doyle (Robert O.) - Metaphysics: Problems, Paradoxes, and Puzzles Solved?", 2016, Book, Read = 1%
- "Dupre (John) - The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science", 1995, Book
- "Funkhouser (Eric) - Metaphysics, Spring 2014", 2014, Book, Read = 97%
- "Gale (Richard), Ed. - The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics", 2002, Book
- "Ghiselin (Michael) - Metaphysics and the Origin of Species", 1997, Book, Read = 1%
- "Hales (Steven D.), Ed. - Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings", 1999, Book, Read = 6%
- "Hamlyn (D.W.) - Metaphysics", 1984, Book, Read = 4%
- "Hasker (William) - Metaphysics: Constructing a World View", 1983, Book, Read = 5%
- "Hawley (Katherine) - Science as a Guide to Metaphysics?", 2006, Internal PDF Link, Read = 17%
- "Hazlett (Allan) - New Waves in Metaphysics", 2010, Book, Read = 10%
- "Jubien (Michael) - Contemporary Metaphysics", 1997, Book, Read = 24%
- "Ladyman (James), Ross (Don), Spurrett (David) & Collier (John) - Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized", 2007, Book, Read = 2%
- "Laurence (Stephen) & Macdonald (Cynthia), Eds. - Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics", 1999, Book
- "Lillehammer (Hallvard) & Rodriguez-Pereyra (Gonzalo) - Real metaphysics : Essays in honour of D.H. Mellor: Introduction", 2003, Internal PDF Link, Read = 44%
- "Loux (Michael) - Metaphysics - A Contemporary Introduction", 2002, Book, Read = 5%
- "Loux (Michael) - Metaphysics - A Contemporary Introduction: Prefaces & Introduction", 2002, Internal PDF Link, Read = 10%
- "Loux (Michael), Ed. - Metaphysics - Contemporary Readings", 2001, Book, Read = 1%
- "Loux (Michael), Ed. - The Possible and the Actual: Readings in the Metaphysics of Modality", 1979, Book, Read = 2%
- "Lowe (E.J.) - A Survey of Metaphysics", 2002, Book
- "Maudlin (Tim) - The Metaphysics Within Physics", 2007, Book, Read = 4%
- "O'Hear (Anthony), Ed. - Metaphysics", 2018, Book, Read = 8%
- "Post (John F.) - Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction", 1991, Book, Read = 3%
- "Sider (Ted), Hawthorne (John) & Zimmerman (Dean), Eds. - Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics", 2007, Book, Read = 10%
- "Smith (Quentin) & Oaklander (L. Nathan) - Time, Change and Freedom: An Introduction to Metaphysics", 1995, Book, Read = 6%
- "Stalnaker (Robert) - Ways a World Might Be: Metaphysical and Anti-Metaphysical Essays", 2003, Book, Read = 1%
- "Suppes (Patrick) - Probabilistic Metaphysics", 1984, Book
- "Sweet (William), Ed. - Approaches to Metaphysics", 2015, Book
- "Taylor (Richard) - Metaphysics", 1991, Book, Read = 5%
- "Thomasson (Amie L.) - Changing Metaphysics: What Difference does it Make?", 2018, Internal PDF Link, Read = 5%
- "Van Inwagen (Peter) - Five questions", 2010, No Abstract, Internal PDF Link
- "Van Inwagen (Peter) - Metaphysics", 2008, Book, Read = 17%
- "Van Inwagen (Peter) - The new antimetaphysicians", 2009, No Abstract, Internal PDF Link
- "Van Inwagen (Peter) & Zimmerman (Dean) - Metaphysics: The Big Questions", 2000, Book, Read = 16%
- "Walsh (W.H) - Metaphysics", 1963, Book
- "Williamson (Timothy) - Unreflective Realism", 1996, Internal PDF Link, Read = 17%
- "Zimmerman (Dean), Ed. - Oxford Studies in Metaphysics: Volume 3", 2007, Book, Read = 10%
- For a list of Works that have been considered, but have missed the cut for inclusion in this Section of my Thesis, see the following:-
- Read: No items to list.
- Further Reading: No items to list.
- This is mostly a place-holder12.
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Summary of Notes Referenced by This Note
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Summary of Notes Citing This Note
| Aeon Papers, 2 |
Baker - Persons in the Material World, 2 |
General Surveys |
PID Note, Book & Paper Usage, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Resurrection |
| Siliconisation |
Thesis - Chapter 01 (Introduction) |
Thesis - Chapter 04 (Basic Metaphysical Issues), 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Thesis - Chapter 10 (Thought Experiments) |
Thesis - Chapter 11 (Resurrection) |
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Authors, Books & Papers Citing this Note
| Author |
Title |
Medium |
Extra Links |
Read? |
| Baker (Lynne Rudder) |
Persons in the Material World |
Paper  |
2 |
Yes |
| Hains (Brigid) & Hains (Paul) |
Aeon: 2019+ |
Paper  |
2 |
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 01 (Introduction) |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 04 (Basic Metaphysical Issues) |
Paper |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 10 (Thought Experiments) |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 11 (Resurrection) |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - General Surveys |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Resurrection |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Siliconisation |
Paper |
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Yes |
References & Reading List
| Author |
Title |
Medium |
Source |
Read? |
| Aune (Bruce) |
Metaphysics: The Elements |
Book - Cited |
Aune (Bruce) - Metaphysics: The Elements |
4% |
| Baker (Lynne Rudder) |
The Metaphysics of Everyday Life |
Paper - Cited |
Erasmus University (Rotterdam), October 13, 2003 |
No |
| Post (John F.) |
Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction |
Book - Cited (via Paper Cited)  |
Bibliographical details to be supplied |
3% |
| Post (John F.) |
Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction - Introduction |
Paper - Cited |
Post (John F.) - Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction |
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 01 (Introduction) |
Paper - Referencing |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - General Surveys |
Paper - Referencing |
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Yes |
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