{"product_id":"more-kinds-of-being-a-further-study-of-individuation-identity-and-the-logic-of-sortal-terms-paperback","title":"More Kinds of Being: A Further Study of Individuation, Identity, and the Logic of Sortal Terms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. J. Lowe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127763669127,"sku":"9781118963869","price":76.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3d6c66bf1023a440243d6950c2a1f5ce.webp?v=1732590477","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/more-kinds-of-being-a-further-study-of-individuation-identity-and-the-logic-of-sortal-terms-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}