Sökning: "perdurance"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade ordet perdurance.

1. 1. Objects in Time : Studies of Persistence in B-time

   Författare :Tobias Hansson Wahlberg; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; B-time; three-dimensionalism.; stage theory; tenselessness; persistence; perdurance; mereology; four-dimensionalism; dispositions; endurance; B-theory of time; change; temporary intrinsics;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the conceptualization of persistence of physical, middle-sized objects within the theoretical framework of the revisionary ‘B-theory’ of time. According to the B-theory, time does not flow, but is an extended and inherently directed fourth dimension along which the history of the universe is ‘laid out’ once and for all. LÄS MER

3. 2. Persons : their identity and individuation

   Författare :Roger Melin; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; person; personal identity; criterion of identity; sortal concept; individuation; perdurance view; endurance view; Criterianism; Animalism; Non- Criterianism; animal attribute view; basic sortal; real essence; sort; natural kind;

   Sammanfattning : This study is about the nature of persons and personal identity. It belongs to a tradition that maintains that in order to understand what it is to be a person we must clarify what personal identity consists in. LÄS MER