How Things Persist

By Katherine Hawley

Book Overview

Katherine Hawley explores and compares three theories of persistence -- endurance, perdurance, and stage theories - investigating the ways in which they attempt to account for the world around us. Having provided valuable clarification of its two main rivals, she concludes by advocating stage theory.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019924913X
• ISBN13: 9780199249138
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"