Property possession as identity: an essay in metaphysics

Patrick Xerxes Monaghan

doi:10.17077/etd.st5if8dc

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Property possession as identity: an essay in metaphysics

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Property possession as identity: an essay in metaphysics

Patrick Xerxes Monaghan

University of Iowa

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa

Spring 2011

DOI: 10.17077/etd.st5if8dc

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Abstract

In this essay, I argue for an account of property possession as strict, numerical identity. According to this account, for an entity to possess a property is for that entity to be numerically identical to that property.

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Title: Subtitle: Property possession as identity: an essay in metaphysics
Creators: Patrick Xerxes Monaghan - University of Iowa
Contributors: Evan Fales (Advisor)
Richard Fumerton (Advisor)
Laird Addis (Committee Member)
James Duerlinger (Committee Member)
Craig Gibson (Committee Member)
Resource Type: Dissertation
Degree Awarded: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Degree in: Philosophy
Date degree season: Spring 2011
Publisher: University of Iowa
DOI: 10.17077/etd.st5if8dc
Number of pages: v, 240 pages
Language: English
Description bibliographic: Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-240).
Academic Unit: Philosophy
Record Identifier: 9983776919102771

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