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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
• Outline of Chapters
• References
• 2. Formal Home of Identity: Mathematics and Logic
• Introduction
• Extending Identity into the World (Just) Beyond Mathematics and Logic: Indiscernibility, Equivalence, Types and Tokens
• Logic of "Is"
• References
• 3. Identity in the World of Objects and Their Kinds
• Introduction: Identity, Kinds and Criteria
• Putative Counter-examples to "Identity A" and "Identity D"
• You Can Step into the Same River Twice, but You Cannot Step into the Same Water Twice
• Theseus' Ship
• Reflecting on the Connection Between Entity and Identity
• Identification and Identification
• Transition to Chap. 4: Natural Versus Artifactual Kinds
• Two Examples and One Pseudo Example of Identity and Persistence in Nature
• References
• 4. Natural Kinds and Identity
• Introduction: Kinds: Natural and Other

• "Essentialism" in Our Time
• Biological Natural Kinds
• Phylogenetic Conceptions of Species
• Biological Species Concept
• Recurring Problems of Space and Time: Non-dimensional Versus Multi-dimensional Species Concepts
• Populations Extended in Space
• Chains of Populations Over Time
• Formation of New Species: Speciation
• Organisms and Their (Natural) Kinds
• References
• 5. Who or What Am I?
• Introduction
• Persons, Human Beings, Living Organisms
• Identity Conditions for Persons
• Anomalous Monism
• References
• 6. World of Persons and the Principle of Personal Worth I
• Introduction
• Persons and Perspectives
• Principle of Personal Worth
• Primacy of Language
• Persons and (Other) Animals
• Of God and Sauron: The Ontological, Moral and Linguistic Status of Entities Which Are Sui Generis
• References
• 7. Religions, Nations, Cultures, Traditions, Roles and Other Supra-Persons: The Principle of Personal Worth II
• Introduction
• Belonging To Versus Identifying With/As
• Identification and Identity
• On Desiring to Be Unique
• Supra-Persons as Threats to the Principle of Personal Worth
• Supra-Persons as Self-Serving
• Moral Relativism and Supra-Persons
• Citizenship and Morality
• Identity as a "Moveable Feast": The Deceptive Lure of Postmodernism
• Toward a Cosmopolitan Conception of Citizenship - Both More Grounded and More Transcendent
• Identity, Morality, and Culture
• Persons: Individualist, Collectivist and Relational Perspectives
• Persons, Roles, Traditions, and Frameworks: Further Challenges to the Principle of Personal Worth
• Brief Commentary on Change and Loss, Both Qualitative and Quantitative
• Supra-Persons: Do We Need Them?
• Dissolving Boundaries: Beyond Supra-Persons
• Concluding Comment
• References
• 8. Identity, Personhood and Education
• Introduction
• Story So Far
• Becoming Persons: Classrooms as Relational and Reflective Communities
• Community of Inquiry
• Knowledge and the Curriculum
• "Class Size" Debate
• Autonomy, Freedom and Diversity in a Democratic Society
• Becoming Persons: One More Time!
• Concluding Comment
• References.

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Author/Creator:

Splitter, Laurance J. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Identity and personhood: confusions and clarifications across disciplines [by Splitter, L.J.]

Subjects:

Identity (Philosophical concept)

Education — Philosophy

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 13, 2015).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

BD236 .S65 2015eb

ISBNs:

9789812874818 (electronic bk.)
981287481X (electronic bk.)
9789812874801 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

908762938

Other Control Numbers:

EBC2094651 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12420691