Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics

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Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics is a seminal 1959 work of analytic philosophy that develops a systematic account of our conceptual scheme for thinking about objects, persons, and their identity over time.

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instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophy book ⓘ
work of analytic philosophy ⓘ
academicDiscipline philosophy ⓘ
academicSubdiscipline metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
author P. F. Strawson ⓘ
Peter Frederick Strawson ⓘ
linked to: P. F. Strawson
centralThesis descriptive metaphysics aims to describe the actual structure of our thought about the world ⓘ
our conceptual scheme is structured around basic particulars such as material bodies and persons ⓘ
contrastsWith revisionary metaphysics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describes our conceptual scheme for thinking about identity over time ⓘ
our conceptual scheme for thinking about objects ⓘ
our conceptual scheme for thinking about persons ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Oxford ⓘ
genre analytic philosophy ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
hasForm monograph ⓘ
hasReception widely regarded as a classic of 20th-century analytic metaphysics ⓘ
influenced contemporary metaphysics ⓘ
personal identity debates ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
mainTopic conceptual scheme ⓘ
descriptive metaphysics ⓘ
identity over time ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
particulars ⓘ
persons ⓘ
reference and individuation ⓘ
notableConcept basic particulars ⓘ
descriptive metaphysics vs revisionary metaphysics distinction ⓘ
person as a basic particular ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
part Part One: Particulars ⓘ
Part Two: Persons ⓘ
philosophicalTradition analytic philosophy ⓘ
publicationYear 1959 ⓘ
publisher Methuen ⓘ
structure two-part division ⓘ
targetAudience advanced students of philosophy ⓘ
professional philosophers ⓘ

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On Referring → relatedWork → Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics ⓘ
Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties → relatedWork → Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics ⓘ
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The Connection of the Senses → relatedWorkByAuthor → Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics ⓘ
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Knowing as Having the Right to be Sure → relatedWork → Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics ⓘ