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Robert Stalnaker on Individuals - Dictionary of Arguments
I 38 Individual/Stalnaker: an individual is not a particular kind of thing. It is a role that things of any kind can adopt, e.g the role of the subject of a predication. With this, no certain metaphysics is accepted but metaphysical commitments may be better clarified with such a theory. >Metaphysics, >Subjects, >Predication._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003 |