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Locke on essence and identity

I first became interested in the relationship between Locke's anti­ essentialism and his theory of identity in a first-year graduate course on metaphysics taught at Syracuse University by Jose Benardete.
eBook, English, ©2003
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, ©2003
1 online resource
9781402016707, 1402016700
1012466327
Substances, Essences, And Kinds.- Identity And Persistence.- Locke’s Critique of Essentialism.- Locke On The Accidental/Essential Property Distinction.- Locke On The Nature And Existence Of Natural Kinds.- Locke On The Classification Of Corporeal Substances.- Locke On Kinds And Particulars.- Locke's Theory Of Identity.- Locke's Concept Of Identity.- Identity And The Ideas Of Things.- Does Locke Have A Consistent Theory Of Identity?.- Locke On The Persistence Of Organisms And Persons.- Organisms And Their Material Parts.- Locke's Organismic Theory Of Personal Identity.- Locke's Thought Experiments And Problem Cases.- Conclusion.- Objections And Replies.- The Charge Of Anachronism.- Four-Dimensional Bodies And The Corpuscularian Hypothesis.- Conclusion.- Relativistic Anti-Essentialism And A Four-Dimensional Lockean Ontology.- The Anti-Essentialist Implications Of A Four-Dimensional Lockean Ontology.- Two Objections.- Conclusion.- Bibliograpy.
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Syracuse University
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