{"product_id":"identity-and-discrimination-9781118432594","title":"Identity and Discrimination","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdentity and Discrimination\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis updated edition of \u003ci\u003eIdentity and Discrimination\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1990 and the first book by well-known philosopher Timothy Williamson, is now reissued with the inclusion of significant new material. This major work  influential in philosophy of perception and the theory of vagueness  continues in an original and rigorous way to highlight the necessity of discrimination and the thresholds which determine the approximate criteria of identity.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Williamson's proposal for an original and rigorous theory links identity, a relation central to metaphysics, and indiscriminability, a relation central to epistemology. He provides a distinctive cognitive account of the nature of discrimination, with important applications to the philosophy of perception and the theory of vagueness. The book pioneers the use of epistemic logic to solve the notorious paradoxes of indiscriminability, and develops the application of techniques from mathematical l\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Revised Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Concepts of Indiscriminability 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Indiscriminability and Cognition 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Formal Features of Indiscriminability 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 The Intentionality of Indiscriminability 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Direct and Indirect Discrimination 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Further Reflections 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Logics of Indiscriminability 24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Logical Apparatus 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 The Non-Transitivity of Indiscriminability 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Paradoxes of Indiscriminability 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Concepts of Phenomenal Character 48\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Presentations of Characters 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Presentation-Sensitivity 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Identity of Characters 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Logics of Phenomenal Character 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Maximal M-Relations 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Ignorance and Indeterminacy 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Matching the Same Experiences 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Paradoxes of Phenomenal Character 88\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 The Paradox of Observational Predicates 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 The Paradox of Phenomenal Predicates 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 The Failure of Observationality 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Sorites Arguments and Necessary Ignorance 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Generalizations 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Maximal M-Relations as Minimal Revisions 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Examples 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Necessary Conditions for Personal Identity 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Sufficient Conditions 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Close Relations 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Modal and Temporal Paradoxes 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 A Modal Paradox 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Two Temporal Paradoxes 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Comparisons 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Criteria of Identity 144\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Forms 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Functions 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix Maximal M-Relations and the Axiom of Choice 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes (to the First Edition) 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Notes (to the Revised Edition) 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences (to the First Edition) 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional References (to the Revised Edition) 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 179\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53186829123927,"sku":"9781118432594","price":23.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/identity-and-discrimination-9781118432594","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}