Composition as Identity

This Collection Of Essays Is The First Of Its Kind To Focus On The Relationship Between Composition And Identity. Twelve Original Articles--written By Internationally Renowned Scholars And Rising Stars In The Field--argue For And Against The Controversial Doctrine That Composition Is Identity.--provided By Publisher Part 1. Introduction And History -- Composition As Identity: Framing The Debate / A. J. Cotnoir -- On Bits And Pieces In The History Of Philosophy / Calvin G. Normore & Deborah J. Brown -- Part 2. Ontological Commitments Of Cai -- Counting And Countenancing / Achille C. Varzi -- Ontological Innocence, Katherine Hawley -- Parts Generate The Whole, But They Are Not Identical To It / Ross P. Cameron -- Part 3. Metaphysical Commitments Of Cai -- Composition As Identity, Mereological Essentialism, And Modal Parts / Meg Wallace -- Compositional Pluralism And Composition As Identity / Kris Mcdaniel -- Unrestricted Composition As Identity / Einar Duenger Bohn -- Part 4. Logical Commitments Of Cai -- Is There A Plural Object? / Byeong-uk Yi -- Logical Considerations On Composition As Identity / Paul Hovda -- Consequences Of Collapse / Theodore Sider -- Part 5. Indiscernibility And Cai -- Donald Baxter's Composition As Identity/ Jason Turner -- Identity, Discernibility, And Composition / Donald L. M. Baxter. Edited By A.j. Cotnoir And Donald L.m. Baxter. Papers Based On The Eastern American Philosophical Association Meetings In 2011, And A Conference Held At Eidos Centre For Metaphysics, University Of Geneva In May 2012. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.