Time and Identity (Topics in Contemporary Philosophy)

✍ Scribed by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, Harry S. Silverstein

Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 339
Edition: New
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Original essays on the metaphysics of time, identity, and the self, written by distinguished scholars and important rising philosophers.

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