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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      October 1990
      ISBN:
      9781139166409
      9780521385442
      9780521069496
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139166409
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.34kg, 180 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.24kg, 180 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy: General Interest, Logic, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    Philosophy: General Interest, Logic, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
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    This provocative book attempts to resolve traditional problems of identity over time. It seeks to answer such questions as 'How is it that an object can survive change?' and 'How much change can an object undergo without being destroyed'? To answer these questions Professor Heller presents a theory about the nature of physical objects and about the relationship between our language and the physical world. According to his theory, the only actually existing physical entities are what the author calls 'hunks', four-dimensional objects extending across time and space. This is a major contribution to ontological debate and will be essential reading for all philosophers concerned with metaphysics.

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    Review of the hardback:'His arguments are based on some important ideas ... that I would like to see thrust on centre stage of current discussions.'

    James van Cleve - Brown University

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