More Kinds of Being: A Further Study of Individuation, Identity, and the Logic of Sortal Terms

By E.J. Lowe

Book Overview

Taking into account significant developments in the metaphysical thinking of E. J. Lowe over the past 20 years, More Kinds of Being: A Further Study of Individuation, Identity, and the Logic of Sortal Terms presents a thorough reworking and expansion of the 1989 edition of Kinds of Being.

Brings many of the original ideas and arguments put forth in Kinds of Being thoroughly up to date in light of new developmentsFeatures a thorough reworking and expansion of the earlier work, rather than just a new editionReflects the author's conversion to what he calls 'the four-category ontology, ' a metaphysical system that takes its inspiration from AristotleProvides a unified discussion of individuation and identity that should prove to be essential reading for philosophers working in metaphysics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405182563
• ISBN13: 9781405182560
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"