Search for dissertations about: "sortal concept"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words sortal concept.

2. 1. Persons : their identity and individuation

   Author : Roger Melin; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; person; personal identity; criterion of identity; sortal concept; individuation; perdurance view; endurance view; Criterianism; Animalism; Non- Criterianism; animal attribute view; basic sortal; real essence; sort; natural kind;

   Abstract : This study is about the nature of persons and personal identity. It belongs to a tradition that maintains that in order to understand what it is to be a person we must clarify what personal identity consists in. READ MORE