Showing papers on "Identity (philosophy) published in 2000"

Identity, unity, and individuality: towards a formal toolkit for ontological analysis

Abstract: We introduce here the notions of identity and unity as they have been discussed in Philosophy, and then provide additional clarifications needed to use these notions as fundamental tools in a methodology for ontology-driven conceptual analysis. We show how identity and unity complement each other under a general notion of individuality, and conclude with an example of how these tools can be used in analysis to help check the ontological consistency of taxonomies.

Hispanic/Latino identity : a philosophical perspective

Abstract: Preface.1. What Should We Call Ourselves?2. What's in a Name? The Relation of Names to Identity and Ethnicity. 3. What Makes Us Who We Are? The Key to Our Unity and Diversity. 4. An Illustration: Hispanic Philosophy. 5. Where Do We Come From? Encounters, Inventions, and Mestizaje. 6. The Search for Identity: Latin-America and Its Philosophy. 7. Foreigners in Our Own Land: Hispanics in American Philosophy. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.

Descent Numbers and Major Indices for the Hyperoctahedral Group

Abstract: We introduce and study three new statistics on the hyperoctahedral group $B_{n}$, and show that they give two generalizations of Carlitz's identity for the descent number and major index over $S_{n}$. This answers a question posed by Foata.

Democracy begins between two

Abstract: In Democracy Begins Between Two, Luce Irigaray calls for a form of specific civil rights guaranteeing women a separate civil identity of their own equivalent to-though not simply the same as-that enjoyed by men.

Mirrors of Destruction: War, Genocide, and Modern Identity

Abstract: Inroduction 1. Fields of Glory 2. Grand Illusions 3. Elusive Enemies 4. Apocalyptic Visions Conclusion Notes Index

"All Is Revolution in Us": Personal Identity in Shaftesbury and Hume

Abstract: Dans le cadre du debat sur le probleme ethique ou metaphysique de l'identite personnelle au XVIII e siecle, l'A. propose une nouvelle interpretation de la critique des jugements d'identites et de la simplicite developpee par Hume dans l'Appendice du «Traite de la nature humaine».

An Identity Theory of Truth

Abstract: Preface Truthmakers, Facts and States of Affairs: A Critique of Correspondence Propositions, Indirect Speech and Truthbearers The Nature of Propositions: Thoughts versus States of Affairs Facts are True Thoughts From Correspondence to Identity A Variety of Deflationism Defended Aberrations of Rival Identity Theories Bibliography Index

Indeterminate Identity: Metaphysics and Semantics

Abstract: INTRODUCTION 1. INDETERMINACY 2. IDENTITY 3. THE EVANS ARGUMENT, PROPERTIES, AND DDIFF 4. NON-CONDITIONAL DISPUTATIONS 5. CONDITIONAL DISPUTATIONS 6. UNDERSTANDING INDETERMINACY 7. COUNTING OBJECTS 8. DENOTING OBJECTS 9. ALTERNATIVES TO INDETERMINATE IDENTITY 10. SETS AND PROPERTIES WITH INDETERMINATE IDENTITY 11. HIGHER ORDER INDETERMINACY APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY

Constitution and kind membership

Abstract: Soulevant le probleme de la constitution materielle a travers l'exemple de la statue de bronze, l'A. propose une solution a la question de l'identite qui se distingue de celle apportee par M. Burke, d'une part, et qui repond a l'objection des especes dominantes, d'autre part. Comparant les proprietes essentielles de la statue et du bloc de bronze, l'A. montre que les deux objets, bien qu'occupant la meme region, ne sont ni identiques, ni distincts.

Correspondence and identity constraints in two-level Optimality Theory

Abstract: Sharon Inkelas. Although I have not been able to address all the points raised in these discussions, I am now aware of many more interesting issues, thanks to these people. One goal of post-SPE generative phonology has been to constrain possible input-output pairs. While SPE (Chomsky and Halle 1968) permitted any input-output pair to be stipulated, later work in Autosegmental Phonology and Feature Geometry (see Goldsmith 1990 for an overview) restricted rules and representations so as to constrain input-output relations. In particular, a given rule could target only a single node in a feature-geometric representation and was restricted to one of the following operations: spreading, delinking, insertion, or deletion. While it is not clear that these restrictions had any effect on the formal power of the theory, they resulted in a reflection of markedness that many linguists

The Boundaries of the Human in Medieval English Literature

Abstract: Introduction The Bestiary: Establishing Ground Rules Birds: The Ornament of the Air The Fox: Laying Bare Deceit The Heraldic Image Bodies in the Hunt A Reading of The Knight's Tale The Wild Man 1: Figuring Identity The Wild Man 2: The Uncourtly Other Women and the Wild Conclusion Bibliography Index

Geometry of Banach spaces having shrinking approximations of the identity

Abstract: Let a, c ≥ 0 and let B be a compact set of scalars. We introduce property M∗(a, B, c) of Banach spaces X by the requirement that lim sup ν ‖axν + bx∗ + cy∗‖ ≤ lim sup ν ‖xν‖ ∀b ∈ B whenever (xν) is a bounded net converging weak ∗ to x∗ in X∗ and ‖y∗‖ ≤ ‖x∗‖. Using M∗(a, B, c) with max |B|+c > 1, we characterize the existence of certain shrinking approximations of the identity (in particular, those related to M -, u-, and h-ideals of compact or approximable operators). We also show that the existence of these approximations of the identity is separably determined.

On the Identity Theory of Truth

Abstract: In his recent ‘A Prolegomenon to an Identity Theory of Truth’ (Vol. 74, 1999) Stewart Candlish discusses the so called identity theory of truth. His aim in the article is to clear away initial difficulties that apparently stand in the way of developing the budding theory. There is one difficulty, however, that, by Candlish's lights, cannot be overcome—at least not easily. My aim in this paper is to help the identity theory by showing that, pace Candlish, the given difficulty is merely apparent. I do not ‘solve’ the alleged problem; I dissolve it. Dissolution, however, is solution enough.

Nationalism and Bounded Integration: What It Would Take to Construct a European Demos

Abstract: This article uncovers some crucial key assumptions of polity-formation underpinning the debate about the European Union's democratic legitimacy. It uses theories of nationalism to understand why a ...

Liberty, slavery, and the transformation of British identity in the eighteenth‐century West Indies

Abstract: (2000). Liberty, slavery, and the transformation of British identity in the eighteenth‐century West Indies. Slavery & Abolition: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 1-31.

Revisiting Russian identity through Russian thought: from Chaadaev to the early twentieth century

Abstract: From Chaadaev onwards, questions of russian identity have been a recurrent preoccupation of Russian thinkers. One aspect of this problem, already posed by Chaadaev, concerns the distinctiveness of Russian thought itself and a dispute about ways of thinking and kinds of truth. From there, the article traces certain overarching paradigms in the treatment of russian identity in russian thought, using Chaadaev as a starting point and prism throught which to project forward to the early twentieth century (Berdiaev, eurasianism). These paradigms are: Russia between East and West; continuity, discontinuity and unity; and pride and humility. The article begins and ends by noting the contemporary relevance and issues raised.

The metaphysicians of meaning : Russell and Frege on sense and denotation

Abstract: Part I: Russell Chapter 1: Russell's First Theory of Denoting I The Elements II The Mathematical context III Denoting, definition and identity IV Three essential elements V Post PoM developments Chapter 2: The Collapse of the First Theory and the Discovery of the Theory of Descriptions I Introduction: the obscure passage in 'On Denoting' II The argument: the 'substantial' round (i) C2 is a different entity from C1 (ii) C1 cannot be a constituent of C2 (iii) 'But this cannot be an explanation' I (iv) The third charge III The argument: the 'symbolic' round (i) The twin phenomena (ii) Use and mention IV 'But this cannot be an explanation II (i) The burden of proof (ii) A survey of theoretical possibilities (iii) C2 as a description of C1 (iv) Denoting and other logical relations V The Transition VI The discovery of the Theory of Descriptions Chapter 3: The Place of 'On Denoting' in Russell's Development I 'On Denoting' and Russell's ontological development: some preliminaries I Russell's case against Meinong III Russell's ontology in PoM reconsidered IV Methodological developments: 'Every word must have some meaning' V Contextual definition VI The Notion of an incomplete symbol VII The role of language VIII Some positive remarks Part II: Frege Chapter 4: From Begriffsschrift to sense and Reference I Introduction II The problem III Frege's solution in Bs IV 'Sinn und Bedeutung': the collapse of the first theory V 'Sinn und Bedeutung': The new solution Chapter 5: Further Considerations Regarding Sense and Reference I The priority of the distinction for proper names II Sense and indirect speech III Sense as a route and empty senses IV Sense determines reference I - The question of relativization V Sense determines reference II - The conceptual model VI The application of Russell's argument in OD to Frege's distinction Part III: Russell and Frege Chapter 6: Russell and Frege Compared I Introduction: The strategy II The PoM theory of denoting and the theory of Sense and Reference: some preliminaries III The common ground: propositionalism, sensism, and the implied Metaphysicial model IV The differences, and further similarities, in relation to the Metaphysical mode V An apparent gap in Frege's argument VI Can all expressions have sense? VII The taxonomic difference: a diagnosis of Frege's position VIII Frege's suppressed premise: are all names on a par? IX The theory of Descriptions versus sense and reference: an adjustment on the Russelian side X Frege's description operator and the theory of descriptions XI The progression towards transparency Chapter 7: The Russell-Frege Enterprise and Natural Language I Introduction II Ordinary names and logically proper names III What morals can we draw from illustration? IV The revisionary nature of Russell's and Frege's enterprise

Themes in Hume: The Self, the Will, Religion

Abstract: 1. David Hume: An Appreciation 2. Hume on Personal Identity 3. Hume's Theory of the Self Revisited 4. Self-identity and Self-regard 5. The Self of Book I and the Selves of Book II 6. Hume, Identity and Selfhood 7. Hume's Moral Psychology 8. Hume and the Freedom of the Will 9. Hume's Scepticism and the Dialogues 10. Natural Belief and Religious Belief in Hume's Philosophy 11. Religion in the Enquiry and After 12. Butler and Hume 13. Human Nature and Truth: Hume and Pascal References Indes

Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time

Abstract: Many philosophers think that ‘What is identity across time?’ is an important and meaningful question I have a great deal of trouble seeing what this question might be But, very often, if one cannot understand a philosophical question, one’s best course is to look at some alleged answers to it; sometimes these answers enable one to see what question it is that they are offered as answers to The following passage by Michael Tooley is supposed to provide an answer to the question we are trying to get at