Individuals, Essence And Identity
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European and US scholars of philosophy grapple primarily with ontology in the intensional case, or with important ontological relations. A few however explore some categories of entities based on what the entities mainly focus on. They are not concerned—or at best mildly so—with traditional metaphysical matters such as the nature and existence of God, immaterial substances, or space and time. One of their goals is to identify a close semantic connection among the concepts of being, essence, existence, identity, and persistence. Most of the 23 papers derive from presentations at a June 2000 conference in Bergamo, Italy. Only names are indexed. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
IntroductionThe Question of Realism3Words and Objects49Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle79Some Comments on Prof. Enrico Berti's Paper "Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle"109Existence, Identity, and an Aristotelian Tradition127Orenstein on Existence and Identity151Abstract Objects: A Case Study163Kinds, Essence, and Natural Necessity189Kinds of Necessity: a Commentary on E. J. Lowe's Paper207On the Notion of Identity in Aristotle217Sameness in Aristotle's Topics239Identity and Supervenience247Comments on Wiggins's Paper "Identity and Supervenience"267Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz's Law273Williamson on Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz's Law305Origins and Identities319Forbes on Origins and Identities341Leibniz, Composite Substances and the Persistence of Organic Things355On Naturalising Leibniz (a Reply to Anthony Savile)369Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time387Van Inwagen on Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time413Change and Change-Ersatz427Starting Over451List of Contributors477Bibliography479Index of Names497
