{"product_id":"more-kinds-of-being-isbn-9781405182560","title":"More Kinds of Being","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaking into account significant developments in the metaphysical thinking of E. J. Lowe over the past 20 years, \u003ci\u003eMore Kinds of Being: A Further Study of Individuation, Identity, and the Logic of Sortal Terms\u003c\/i\u003e presents a thorough reworking and expansion of the 1989 edition of \u003ci\u003eKinds of Being\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings many of the original ideas and arguments put forth in \u003ci\u003eKinds of Being\u003c\/i\u003e thoroughly up to date in light of new developments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a thorough reworking and expansion of the earlier work, rather than just a new edition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects the author's conversion to what he calls 'the four-category ontology,' a metaphysical system that takes its inspiration from Aristotle\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a unified discussion of individuation and identity that should prove to be essential reading for philosophers working in metaphysics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface* vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Varieties of 'Is' 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividuals, Kinds, and Realism 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSemantics, Metaphysics, and Necessity 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Developments* 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Sortal Terms and Criteria of Identity 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Individuals, Sorts, and Instantiation 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Number, Unity, and Individuality* 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Absoluteness of Identity: A Defence 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Some Formal Principles and Arguments 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Identity and Constitution 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Parts and Wholes 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Persons and Their Bodies 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatter and Organisms 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganisms and Persons 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs There a Criterion of Personal Identity? 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Sortal Terms and Natural Laws 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Plural Quantification and Sortal Reference* 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Laws, Dispositions, and Sortal Logic 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: An Axiomatic System of Sortal Logic 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 What Sorts of Things Are There?* 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Syntax and Semantics of Complex Sortal Terms 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Identity of Sorts 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography* 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The two issues I have raised only serve to highlight the originality of Lowe's work. More Kinds of Beingis a remarkable book. It sets the stage for numerous debates in metaphysics, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind that are sure to continue much longer than another two decades.\" (\u003ci\u003eMind,\u003c\/i\u003e 1 January 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Throughout, one finds the usual clarity, thoroughness, and systematic thinking that are a mark of all of Lowe's ever expanding and remarkable corpus. This book should be in every college and university library.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE,\u003c\/i\u003e July 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMore Kinds of Being\u003c\/i\u003e is densely and masterfully argued, written with great clarity, and makes a number of important original contributions to the field. It is certainly essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary analytical metaphysics. This is a metaphysical study of lasting value and significance.\" (\u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews,\u003c\/i\u003e August 12, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE.J. Lowe\u003c\/b\u003e (1950-2014) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham. One of the foremost metaphysicians working in philosophy during his time, he was the author of numerous influential articles and books in metaphysics, philosophy of mind and the history of philosophy, including \u003ci\u003eKinds of Being\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1989) and, more recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Four-Category Ontology: A Metaphysical Foundation for Natural Science\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e  In \u003ci\u003eMore Kinds of Being\u003c\/i\u003e E. J. Lowe, one of the world's most distinguished contemporary metaphysicians, thoroughly reworks and expands upon the philosophical concepts first put forth in his acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eKinds of Being\u003c\/i\u003e(1989). Taking into account significant developments in his metaphysical thinking over the past 20 years, Lowe delves deeper into the fundamental ontological categories into which all existing entities fall. While this new volume strengthens and extends many of his original arguments, Lowe's focus remains on the category of \u003ci\u003ekinds\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003esorts\u003c\/i\u003e and their individual instances - the latter being \u003ci\u003epersisting objects\u003c\/i\u003e, which exist at every level of the spatial scale from galaxies to atoms and include, as an especially important case, \u003ci\u003epersons\u003c\/i\u003e such as ourselves. He proceeds to show that while an object of one sort is occasionally \u003ci\u003econstituted\u003c\/i\u003e by, but not \u003ci\u003eidentical\u003c\/i\u003e with, an object of another sort, \u003ci\u003epersons\u003c\/i\u003e appear not to be constituted by anything, making them special among the beings that populate the universe. Lowe also reveals why the category of kinds or sorts plays a crucial role in our understanding of scientific \u003ci\u003elaws\u003c\/i\u003e and of the dispositional properties or \u003ci\u003epowers\u003c\/i\u003e of things - a role which requires us to rethink the very foundations of modern logic in order to accommodate the logical relations between law-statements and disposition-statements.  \u003cp\u003eCombining an Aristotelian spirit with startling originality, \u003ci\u003eMore Kinds of Being\u003c\/i\u003e presents a thought-provoking and important new contribution to the field of contemporary analytical metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989654716645,"sku":"NP9781405182560","price":143.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405182560.jpg?v=1761784975","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/more-kinds-of-being-isbn-9781405182560","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}