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1、HOWTHINGSPERSISTHowdothingspersist?Arematerialobjectsspreadoutthroughtimejustastheyarespreadoutthroughspace?Oristemporalpersistencequitedifferentfromspatialextension?Thiskeyquestionliesattheheartofanymetaphysi-calexplorationofthematerialworld,anditplaysacrucialpartindebatesaboutpersonaliden

2、tityandsurvival.KatherineHawleyexploresandcomparesthreetheoriesofpersistence—endurance,perdurance,andstagetheories—investigatingthewaysinwhichtheyattempttoaccountfortheworldaroundus.Havingprovidedvaluableclarificationofitstwomainrivals,sheconcludesbyadvocatingstagetheory.Suchabasicissueabout

3、thenatureofthephysicalworldnaturallyhasclosetieswithothercentralphilosophicalproblems.HowThingsPersistincludesdiscussionsofchangeandparthood,ofhowwerefertomaterialobjectsatdifferenttimes,ofthedoctrineofHumeansupervenience,andofthemodalfeaturesofmaterialthings.Inparticular,itcontainsnewaccou

4、ntsofthenatureofworldlyvagueness,andofwhatbindsmaterialthingstogetherovertime,distinguishingthecareerofanaturalobjectfromanarbitrarysequenceofevents.Eachchapterconcludeswithareflectionabouttheimpactofthesemetaphysicaldebatesuponquestionsaboutourpersonalidentityandsurvival.Bothstudentsandprof

5、essionalphilosopherswillfindthatthiswide-rangingstudyprovidesidealaccesstothelivelymoderndebateaboutanancientmetaphysicalproblem.HowThingsPersistKatherineHawleyCLARENDONPRESS·OXFORD3GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dpOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniver

6、sity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducationbypublishingworldwideinOxfordNewYorkAucklandBangkokBuenosAiresCapeTownChennaiDaresSalaamDelhiHongKongIstanbulKarachiKolkataKualaLumpurMadridMelbourneMexicoCityMumbaiNairobiSãoPauloShanghaiSingaporeTaipeiTokyoTorontoOxfordisaregis

7、teredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountriesPublishedintheUnitedStatesbyOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork©KatherineHawley2001ThemoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenassertedDatabaserightOxfordUniversityPress(maker)Firstpublished2001Fir