Time, Identity and the Self: Essays on Metaphysics

This volume contains twenty-four essays by the British/Australian analytic metaphysician, Brian Garrett. These essays are followed by four short dialogues that emphasize and summarize some of the main points of the essays and discuss new perspectives that have emerged since their original publication. The volume covers topics on the metaphysics of time, the nature of identity, and the nature and importance of persons and human beings. The chapters constitute the fruits of almost four decades of philosophical research, from Brian's two award-winning essays, published in Analysis in 1983 and The Philosophical Quarterly in 1992, to his latest ideas about Fatalism and the Grandfather Paradox. This book will be of interest to students and professional philosophers in the field of analytic philosophy.

Autorentext
Brian Garrett is a Professor at the School of Philosophy, The Australian National University. He specializes in analytic philosophy and metaphysics. He is the author of What is this thing called metaphysics? (Routledge, 2006; 2011; 2016), Elementary Logic (Acumen, 2012), and Personal Identity and Self-Consciousness (Routledge, 1998). He has published articles in top philosophy journals, like Mind, Analysis, The Philosophical Quarterly, and the Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
Jeremiah Joven Joaquin is an Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, where he is also a Research Fellow at the Southeast Asian Research Center and Hub and a Research Affiliate at the Center for Language Technologies. He specializes in metaphysics and logic. Presently, he is the President of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines and the founding Secretary-General of the Union of Societies and Associations of Philosophy in the Philippines.

Inhalt
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgement
Part I. Time1. "Thank Goodness that's Over Revisited1.1 Prior's Puzzle and the Two Views about the Nature of Time1.2 Responses to Prior's Puzzle1.3 A Riposte1.4 Concluding RemarksReferences

2. Experience and Time2.1 Justifying our Bias towards the Present2.2 Value and the Metaphysics of Time2.3 Concluding RemarksReferences
3. Max Black and Backward Causation3.1 Black's Main Claim3.2 Black's Two Arguments3.3 Analysing Black's ArgumentsReferences
4. Dummett on Reasons to Act and Bringing about the Past4.1 Introduction4.2 Dissecting Dummett's Argument4.3 The Second Sceptical Argument4.4 The Third Sceptical Argument4.5 ConclusionReferences
5. Dummett on McTaggart's Proof of the Unreality of Time5.1 Introduction5.2 McTaggart's Argument5.3 Temporal versus Spatial Immersion5.4 Observer-independenceReferences
6. A Note on the Grandfather Paradox6.1 Lewis's Theory6.2 Against Lewis's Theory6.3 ConclusionReferences
7. Bulletproof Grandfathers, David Lewis, and 'Can't'-Judgements7.1 A General Argument7.2 Misapplied Contextualism7.3 A Time Symmetry Argument7.4 Alternative Arguments7.5 Concluding RemarksReferences
8. A Dilemma for Eternalists8.1 Introduction8.2 The Dilemma8.3 Some Options8.4 An UpshotReferences
   Part II. Identity9. Identity and Extrinsicness9.1 Introduction9.2 Setting Up the Problem9.3 Mackie on Best-Candidate Theories of Identity9.4 Assessing Mackie9.5 ConclusionReferences
9. Best Candidate Theories and Identity10.1 Introduction10.2 Best-Candidate Theories of Identity10.3 Brennan's Interpretation10.4 Assessing Brennan's Response10.5 Final WordsReferences
   11 PossibleWorlds and Identity11.1 Introduction11.2 Forbes's Cases11.3 On Forbes's Grounded Transworld Identities11.4 ConclusionReferences
10. Vague Identity and Vague Objects12.1 Getting Clear about the Vague Identity Thesis12.2 Considering The Ship of Theseus12.3 Evans's Proof12.4 Responses to Evans's Proof12.5 The Correct Response to Evans's Proof12.6 A General Result12.7 ConclusionReferences
11. More on Rigidity and Scope13.1 More's Thesis13.2 More's Arguments13.3 Why More's Arguments Fail13.4 ConclusionReferences
12. Enduring Endurantism14.1 Barker and Dowe's First Argument14.2 Barker and Dowe's Second Argument14.3 Barker and Dowe's Third Argument14.4 ConclusionReferences
13. Identity of Truth-Conditions15.1 Analysis Problem no. 1915.2 The SolutionReferences...