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Identity and Its Significance.

Thornton, Zachary.

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Identity and Its Significance.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Identity and Its Significance./
Author:	Thornton, Zachary.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2024,
Description:	132 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-11A.
Subject:	Philosophy. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=31236642
ISBN:	9798382631325

Identity and Its Significance.
Thornton, Zachary.

Identity and Its Significance. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024 - 132 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024.

This dissertation focuses on the nature of numerical identity and its significance in philosophy. It argues that identity has a special role in philosophical theorizing about number and ontology, though not in theorizing about what matters in survival. It also develops and defends a novel account of numerical identity's nature.In "Chapter 1: What Matters When Becoming a Vampire?", I argue that what matters in survival involves multiple independent dimensions of value. This argument proceeds from cases of personal transformation, such as L.A. Paul's (2014) case of becoming a vampire.In "Chapter 2: Self-Interest and Identity," I develop a theory of what matters in survival that captures its multidimensionality. I argue that this account avoids challenges raised by Derek Parfit and Christine Korsgaard.In "Chapter 3: Counting by Discriminability," I bring tools from epistemology and philosophy of language to bear on counting puzzles that arise from accepting ontologically permissive theories - theories on which reality contains a vast abundance of unfamiliar objects, such as mugs that can only exist on Tuesday - and argue that such theories need not overturn our commonsense counting judgments.Finally, in "Chapter 4: The Identity of Necessary Indiscernibles," I propose a novel account of the nature of identity according to which objects are identical if they are necessarily indiscernible. I then argue that this account is preferable to all the extant accounts.

ISBN: 9798382631325Subjects--Topical Terms:

516511
Philosophy.
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