자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0017161066

International Standard Book Number  

9798382631325

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

100

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Thornton, Zachary.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill., 2024

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024

Physical Description  

132 p.

General Note  

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

General Note  

Advisor: Roberts, John T.

Dissertation Note  

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

Summary, Etc.  

요약This 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.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Philosophy.

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Language.

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Epistemology.

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Metaphysics.

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Distinctness

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Numerical identity

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Significance

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Puzzles

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Philosophy

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-11A.

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