Individuals, Essence and Identity: Themes of Analytic Metaphysics Book

Introduction. Part One: Ontology and Analysis. The Question of Realism; K. Fine. Words and Objects; A.C. Varzi. Part Two: Essence and Existence. Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle; E. Berti. Some Comments on Prof. Enrico Berti's Paper "Being and Essence in Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle"; D. Charles. Existence, Identity, and Aristotelian Tradition; A. Orenstein. Orenstein on Existence and Identity; M. Mariani. Abstract Objects: A Case Study; S. Yablo. Kinds, Essence, and Natural Necessity; E.J. Lowe. Kinds of Necessity: a Commentary on E.J. Lowe's Paper; K. Trettin. Part Three: Identity. Aristotle's Notion of Identity; M. Mignucci. Sameness in Aristole's Topics; P. Crivelli. Identity and Supervenience; D. Wiggings. Comments on Wiggings's Paper "Identity and Supervenience"; E. Runggaldier. Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz's Law; T. Williamson. Williamson on Vagueness, Identity, and Leibniz's Law; D. Edgington. Origins and Identities; G. Forbes. Forbes on Origins and Identities; P. Mackie. Part Four: Time and Persistence. Leibniz, Composite Substances and the Persistence of Organic Things; A. Savile. On Naturalising Leibniz (a Reply to Anthony Savile); R. Glauser. Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time; P. van Inwagen. Van Inwagen on Temporal Parts and Identity Across Time; A. Bottani. Change and Change-Ersatz; U. Meixner. Starting over; C. Hughes. List of Contributors. Bibliography. Index of Names.