Showing papers on "Identity (philosophy) published in 1985"

The New York trilogy

Abstract: Three stories on the nature of identity. In the first a detective writer is drawn into a curious and baffling investigation, in the second a man is set up in an apartment to spy on someone, and the third concerns the disappearance of a man whose childhood friend is left as his literary executor.

The Identity and Function of the 'IoγΔAioi in the Fourth Gospel

Abstract: Within the past decade have appeared in the pages of this journal two important articles by Malcolm Lowe on the identity of oi 'lou3o?-tot in early Christian literature. It is the first of these, focused primarily on the Fourth Gospel, that furnished the starting-point of the following reflections. There are in fact three questions that arise in connection with the Johannine IouocxLOL; two belong to exegesis, the third to history. The first asks who they are, the second what role or function they fulfil, the third why the evangelist regards them with such hostility. Always a puzzle, this third question has become even more teasingly problematic in recent years, as scholars have come to recognize the fundamental Jewishness of the Johannine group.2 The three questions are obviously closely linked, and in spite of the fact that the third takes us out of the realm of textual understanding into that of historical explanation, it hangs upon the answers to the other two because it cannot be correctly formulated without them. This article is written in the first place as an exegetical study in the belief that there are still some strands left to be unravelled in this densely

Philosophy and practice

Abstract: Preface 1. Philosophy and practice: some issues about war and peace R. M. Hare 2. Madness Anthony Quinton 3. Metaphors we live by David E. Cooper 4. The role of interests in science W. Newton-Smith 5. Dishonesty and the jury: a case study in the moral content of law Richard Tur 6. Positional goods Martin Hollis 7. Were you a zygote? G. E. M. Anscombe 8. Punishment, the new retributivism, and political philosophy Ted Honderich 9. Philosophy, language and the reform of public worship Martin Warner 10. The right to strike Don Locke 11. Imprisonment Anthony O'Hear 12. The rights approach to mental illness Tom Campbell 13. Sexual arousal Roger Scruton 14. Child adoption and identity A. Phillips Griffiths Index of names.

Plantinga on Trans-World Identity

Abstract: 1. The Nature of Necessity is a treasure-trove. Among its treasures are Plantinga’s treatments of the problem of evil and the ontological argument, his examination of the question whether there are nonexistent objects, and his discussion of the so-called problem of trans-world identity.

Easily remembered passphrases: a better approach

Abstract: As lay persons' use of information processing equipment increases, systems' accurate verification of a user's identity becomes a matter of growing concern. Prime considerations are:1. People must be prevented from convincing the system that they are someone else.2. The system must properly accept persons' accurate statements of their identities.3. Verification procedures must impose a minimal burden on lay users.4. Costs of verification must be reasonable. [9, 10, 11, 13, 19]

3088 varieties: A solution to the Ackermann constant problem

Abstract: It is shown that there are exactly six normal DeMorgan monoids generated by the idntity element alone. The free DeMorgan monoid with no generators but the identity is characterised and shown to have exactly three thousand and eighty-eight elements. This result solves the “Ackermann constant problem” of describing the structure of sentential constants in the logic R .

Scepticism and naturalism : some varieties : the Woodbridge lectures 1983

Abstract: Foreword Quassim Cassam Intellectual Autobiography P F Strawson Part 1: Scepticism, Naturalism and Transcendental Arguments 1. Introductory Remarks 2. Traditional Scepticism 3. Hume: Reason and Nature 4. Hume and Wittgenstein 5. 'Only Connect': The Role of Transcendental Arguments 6. Three Quotations 7. Historicism: And the Past Part 2: Morality and Perception 1. Involvement and Detachment 2. Two Faces of Naturalism: The Relativizing Move 3. A Parallel Case: Perception and Its Objects 4. Evasion or Solution? Reconciliation or Surrender? Part 3: The Mental and the Physical 1. The Position So Far 2. The Identity Thesis: The Two Stories and Their Interface 3. Identity Or Causal Linkage? 4. An Imperfect Parallel Part 4: The Matter of Meaning 1. Intensional Entities: Rejectionists and Their Obligations 2. A Naturalist Reduction: Correctness, and Agreement, In Use 3. The Debate Over Recognition 4. The Debate Over Necessity 5. Solution or Conflict? An Inclusive Conclusion Index

Two notes on the Arguesian identity

Abstract: We find an explicitly self-dual lattice identity equivalent to the Arguesian law. We also show that any lattice identity equivalent to the Arguesian law must necessarily involve at least six variables.

The closest continuer theory of identity

Abstract: A plausible principle governing identity is that whether a later individual is identical with an earlier individual cannot ever merely depend on whether there are, at the later time, any better candidates for identity with the earlier individual around. This principle has been a bone of contention amongst philosophers interested in identity for many years. In his latest book Philosophical Explanations Robert Nozick presents what I believe to be the strongest case yet made out for the rejection of this principle. My aim in this paper is to argue, with reference in particular to personal and artefact identity, that Nozick's case can be met and that a theory of identity which entails the correctness of this principle is the equal, indeed the superior, in explanatory power of the theory Nozick develops on the basis of its rejection.

Troubles with token identity

Abstract: Critique des theories contemporaines des relations de l'esprit et du corps, qui distinguent l'identite des types d'evenements physiques de leur identite en tant que tokens ou occurrences particulieres. Selon l'A. ces versions de la these de l'identite psycho-physique sont intenables et seule une theorie " type-type " a un sens

Modern Architecture in Barcelona, 1854-1939

Abstract: The early romantics: a search for identity in the past The modern romantics - a search for identity in the present The ideal romantics - a search for institutional identity The Utopian moderns - a search for identity in the future Location of buildings mentioned in the textbook

Afro-American Identity: Reflections on the Pre-Civil War Era

Abstract: I am told that there are Haitians able to trace their ancestry back to African kings. but any American Negro wishing to go back so far will find his journey through time abruptly arrested by the signature on the bill ofsale which served as the entrance paper for his ancestor. At the time-to say nothing ofthe circumstances-ofthe enslavement ofthe captive black man who was to become the American Negro, there was not the remotest possibility that he would ever take powerfrom his master's hands. There was no reason to suppose that his situation would ever change, nor was there. shortly, anything to indicate that his situation had ever been any different. It was his necessity. in the words ofE. Franklin Frazier, tofind a "motive for living under American culture or die." The identity of the American Negro comes out ofthis extreme situation. and the evolution of this identity was a source ofthe most intolerable anxiety in the minds and lives of his masters.-James Baldwin, "Stranger in the Village" THE FOLLOWING ESSAY fails to contain any novel information, archival or otherwise, but rather offers a revised historical interpretation of the Afro-American quest for identity from the 1820's or so up to the Civil War. This particular project is actually the outgrowth of, a momentary but necessary detour from, a historical study of the origins of Afro-American radicalism on which I have been working for some time. Although one would be hard pressed to document the existence of any 'This paper began as a humble presentation given at the August, 1985 URPE Summer Conference at Sandwich, Massachusetts, and forms part of a larger work in progress. The essay's development over the succeeding year partially coincided with an undergraduate course on the Afro-American Cultural Experience taught by James Baldwin at the University of Massachusetts in Spring 1986. To the extent that the paper "hits the mark," the influence of Baldwin's always inspiring lectures, interactions with colleagues who, like myself, taught discussion sections for the course, as well as classroom interchanges themselves, helped in many ways to sharpen the arguments. The paper has also benefited from discussions on the general topic which I have had with a number of other colleagues-especially-and their trenchant critiques of this essay, as well as recommendations on additional sources to be consulted, have been most appreciated. If perchance they discover glimpses of their own insights in unin-tf. nded contexts, …

1,2,4-Thiadiazolylureas. A postcript to the oxidative cyclisation of thionoamidines

Abstract: The identity of authentic 5-phenyl-3-ureido-1,2,4-thiadiazole synthesized from the pre-formed heterocycle, and of the product of the oxidative cyclisation of N1-carbamoyl-N3-thiobenzoylguanidine, confirms the structure of 5-substituted-3-ureido-1,2,4-thiadiazoles obtained by either route.