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  David Wiggins Summary
David Wiggins was professor of philosophy at Bedford College, London; professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College, London; Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University; and a fellow of New College, Oxford.
Wiggins maintains that identity is not relative to different sortals, in the sense that a and b may be the same f but different g's.
David Wiggins (born 8 March 1933) is a British moral philosopher, metaphysician, and philosophical logician working especially on identity.
www.bookrags.com /David_Wiggins   (1102 words)

  
 Tampabay: Escaped prisoner knew system well
David Wiggins is described as 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, with brown eyes and fl hair.
Wiggins, a 41-year-old attempted murder suspect from Plant City, complained of chest pains and was sent to the clinic, mistakenly unescorted by officers.
Many questions remain unanswered about why Wiggins was not escorted when he went to the clinic and how he got access to the uniform, normally reserved for inmates finishing up their jail sentences and assigned to less restrictive work duties.
www.sptimes.com /2002/04/05/TampaBay/Escaped_prisoner_knew.shtml   (726 words)

  
 Office of the Governor and Lt. Governor
Wiggins began his 27-year legal career as an associate in the firm of Williams, Hart, Lavorato and Kirtley and was made a partner of that firm in 1979.
Wiggins graduated with honors from The University of Illinois at Chicago in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy.
David Wiggins is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, is an advocate for the American Board of Trial Advocates, a founding sponsor of the Civil Justice Foundation, serves as Senior Counsel for the American College of Barristers, and is a fellow with the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers.
www.governor.state.ia.us /news/2003/August/august2903_1.html   (413 words)

  
 Wiggins
Thomas Wiggins was born in Battersea, Surry Co., England and immigrated in 1635 to MA.
David Hicks was one of the 4 original settler's of Western in 1788, organized and was deacon of First Baptist Church of Steuben (now Western), had 13 children (9 lived to adulthood).
Wiggins though 88 years of age, was an exceptionally industrious man and was never contented unless employed in some active labor, even up to the last hour in which he was able to be alive".
www.geocities.com /ronniwho.geo/Wiggins.html   (5424 words)

  
 David Wiggins - Sameness and Substance Renewed - Reviewed by Brian Weatherson, Brown University - Philosophical Reviews ...
In 1967, Wiggins held, quite sensibly, that a statue is not identical to the bronze that it is made of, but rather is constituted by that bronze.
Wiggins says that “it can be perfectly determinate which mountain x is without x’s extent being determinate.” (166) The idea is that it can be determinate that x is, say, this mountain, while it is indeterminate whether, say, that foothill is part of x.
Wiggins says that, “Our capacity for massive agreement about this is much more remarkable than our occasional disagreement,” (66) and given D (i), D (ii) is the best explanation of this.
ndpr.nd.edu /review.cfm?id=1090   (2712 words)

  
 flood040
Lisa Wiggins picked up her 2-year-old daughter Brooke from the baby sitter this week and told her they were going home.
David Wiggins and a friend run a two-man construction company and now are repairing apartments in Falmouth.
Wiggins cashed in an annuity to help pay the bills that didn't stop when the flood turned their lives upside-down.
www.kypost.com /news/1997/flood40397.html   (994 words)

  
 DesMoinesRegister.com | News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Democrat David Wiggins, 51, was chosen over attorney Brent Appel and state Appeals Court Judge Daryl Hecht to fill the vacancy created by Linda Neuman, who retired last month.
Last year, Wiggins was the investigator and attorney for U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin in a high-profile incident in which a junior staffer conspired with a former Harkin aide to record a meeting of Harkin's opponent, Greg Ganske.
Wiggins again defended Welsh in a lawsuit that accused Welsh of prompting the illegal firing of Deputy State Treasurer Joan Bolin.
desmoinesregister.com /news/stories/c4788993/22129420.html   (607 words)

  
 David Wiggins, Health, Fitness and Recreation Resources
Wiggins, D. The future of college athletics is at stake: Black athletes and racial turmoil on three predominantly white university campuses, 1968?1972.
Wiggins, D. "A History of College and Professional Athletics in the United States: The African-American Experience." Paper presented to the graduate colloquium in Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Saint Mary's College, California, June, 2000.
Wiggins, D. "Harry Edwards, America's Sport Establishment, and the Proposed Boycott of the Mexico City Olympics." Presented to the College of Human Development and Performance, University of Oregon, March, 1988.
www.gmu.edu /departments/hfrr/faculty/dwiggin1.htm   (2903 words)

  
 boardofdir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
David Wiggins was born in Minnesota and raised in Arizona and Southern Calfornia.
David has, since that time, become a part owner and Vice President of TM.
David also serves on the Board Of Directors and is a benefactor to the Museum Of Latin American Art in Long Beach.
cambodianchildrensfund.com /david.html   (200 words)

  
 01-04097   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Wiggins and Stella Martin were married on November 27, 1898.
Charles David Wiggins and Pearl Kerrick were married on December 17, 1908.
Caroline Howard Wiggins, was a daughter of John Littleton Howard (1791-1874) and his first wife, Margaret Moore; granddaughter of Littleton Howard (1767-1863).
kentuckyexplorer.com /nonmembers/01-04097.html   (1050 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Sameness and Substance Renewed: Books: David Wiggins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In this book, which thoroughly revises and greatly expands his classic work Sameness and Substance (1980), David Wiggins retrieves and refurbishes in the light of twentieth-century logic and logical theory certain conceptions of identity, of substance and of persistence through change that philosophy inherits from its past.
In this book David Wiggins defends the claim that any account of the persistence of spatiotemporal continuants must conform to the logical constraints of identity relations.
Besides, Wiggins prose has immensely improved since the 1967 edition; it is elegant and, as many readers have noticed, conveys a sense of intellectual passion all too rare in analytic philosophy.
www.amazon.co.uk /Sameness-Substance-Renewed-David-Wiggins/dp/0521454115   (697 words)

  
 WRAL.com - News - Man Faces Numerous Charges After Leading Police On Chase, Breaking Into Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The suspect, identified as David Wiggins, faces charges that include driving with a revoked license, DWI and felony speeding to elude arrest.
Wiggins drove into a cul de sac and ditched his car in the backyard of subdivision resident Brian Hardy, whom Wiggins did not know.
Wiggins then ran behind some houses toward a wooded area as police continued their pursuit on foot.
www.wral.com /news/2327667/detail.html   (490 words)

  
 MPR: Mississippi River gets visitor center
Paul, Minn. — Park Ranger David Wiggins sometimes describes people's enthusiasm for the Mississippi River and the open spaces along it as if it was an infectious malady.
Wiggins says he's encountered travelers ready to immerse themselves in the river's nature, history, and lore.
Wiggins says the center will give visitors -- and local residents -- an overview of the scenic and historic nooks and crannies along the Twin Cities waterfront.
news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2003/08/08_wilcoxenw_riverpark   (943 words)

  
 artnet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The David Findlay Galleries are pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Kevin Paulsen and David Wiggins, May 1 - 29, 2003.
Wiggins left for Europe just after high school where he would teach himself to paint.
Paulsen and Wiggins met in Nantucket where they were working on a large mural in a historic building.
www.artnet.com /ag/fineartthumbnails.asp?gid=75963&cid=23646   (573 words)

  
 Redfishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When David Wiggins recently spent a week in Cocoa visiting his father, David said his vacation wouldn't be complete without catching a heavyweight redfish.
As a treat for his son, Jay Wiggins chartered a day of fishing with Capt. Shawn Foster, a veteran river guide from Cocoa Beach who specializes in leading his clients to trophy redfish.
Jay fought his 35-pounder to the boat on spinning gear, and David landed his fish, of almost identical size, on a fly rod.
c21paradisepalm.com /redfishi.htm   (283 words)

  
 Philosophy of Mind Workshop: March 2005
Tom L. and David H. favored an interpretation of Wiggins that involved the purported inability of Q-memory to be mistaken.
Wiggins makes heavy weather of the presence of "accurate" in the definition.
We couldn't determine why Wiggins cared about it so much, and it didn't help that most of his discussion of its significance was taken up with a speculative psychological explanation of why Parfit included "accurate" in his definition.
mindworkshop.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_mindworkshop_archive.html   (606 words)

  
 School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Dr. Wiggins is Professor and the Director of the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism (RHT), in the College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University.
Wiggins is currently working a co-edited book with The University of Arkansas Press in Fayetteville, Arkansas titled Sport and the Racial Mountain: A Biographical History of th African American Athlete.
He is a fellow of AAHPERD's research consortium and is a three-time recipient of the Research Writing Award for essays published in the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
rht.gmu.edu /facultystaff/profiles/dwiggin1.htm   (1111 words)

  
 www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
David Millar is introduced to the crowd at the Manchester Velodrome.
David Millar put in a decisive attack during in points race.
David Millar in bunch race action on the Manchester Velodrome.
www.cyclingnews.com /track.php?id=track/2003/nov03/revolution1_03   (950 words)

  
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David Oman opened the discussion by asking Committee members to comment on what they learned from the public hearings on redistricting November 11, 12 and 14.
David Boyd - It is clear to Court – based on the National Center for State Courts’ (NCSC’s) report – presently judicial resources are not equitably distributed around the state.
The committee co-chairs appointed Tom Betts and David Wiggins to be the co-chairs of this subcommittee.
www.iowabar.org /MiscDoc.nsf/2b85a4ea12f4bfac8625669d006e27ab/55495aec8cc8f26486256c720074259b!OpenDocument   (10697 words)

  
 David B. Wiggins: In the tradition of the itinerate artists of New England
David B. Wiggins: In the tradition of the itinerate artists of New England
Just as David has apprenticed himself under the old masters of New England (Rufus Porter, Moses Eaton, etc.) so he is passed on his approach to many others, most recently Wiggins and Paulsen out of Nantucket.
David travels now with his daughter Christina in the same tradition as the itinerant artists of old.
www.davidbwiggins.com   (119 words)

  
 Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
At the recent AES show in Amsterdam, Klark Teknik product manager David "Wigman" Wiggins, was delighted to make a very special presentation to Spanish distributor, Auprosa, for outstanding sales excellence.
The unit bearing serial number 360 was especially engraved to present to Auprosa in recognition of outstanding sales of this unit in particular and the Klark Teknik range in general.
David Wiggins commented, "There is no more worthy recipient for this very special unit.
www.klarkteknik.com /pages/press_releases/spanish_award.html   (271 words)

  
 Vagueness - Bibliography
Lewis, David [1975] Language and Languages, in Lewis [1983], pp.
Sanford, David H [1979] 'Nostalgia for the Ordinary: Comments on Papers By Unger and Wheeler', Synthèse 41, pp.
Wiggins, David [1986] On Singling Out an Object Determinately, in Pettit, P & McDowell, J H (eds.) Subject, Thought and Context, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
www.btinternet.com /~justin.needle/bib_alpha.htm   (8453 words)

  
 Craig Family Ancestral File - pafg55 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
David Wiggins was born about 1807 in Drumgoon Parish, Cavan, Ireland.
Mrs David Wiggins was born about 1807 in Drumgoon Parish, Cavan, Ireland.
She married David Wiggins about 1828 in, Drumgoon Parish, Cavan, Ireland.
homepage.ntlworld.com /david.craig/craigfami/pafg55.htm   (572 words)

  
 Harvard University Press: Ethics : Twelve Lectures on the Philosophy of Morality by David Wiggins
David Wiggins surveys the answers most commonly proposed for such questions--and does so in a way that the thinking reader, increasingly perplexed by the everyday problem of moral philosophy, can follow.
Finally, Wiggins turns to the standing of morality and the question of the objectivity or reality of ethical demands.
David Wiggins retired in 2000 from the Wykeham Chair of Logic at the University of Oxford after 40 years teaching philosophy in the universities of Oxford and London.
www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/WIGETH.html   (239 words)

  
 Civil War Veterans Buried in Baytown,TX
Wooster’s grave is the only one I know of in the Cedarcrest cemetery that belongs to a Civil War veteran, his grave having been moved to Cedarcrest due to the subsidence of his original resting-place in the Wooster Cemetery.
A VA marker at his grave states that this is the David Wiggins who served as a Private in Co.C of the 15th Texas Cavalry of the Confederate States Army.
Wiggins and his wife, Isabell Alice (b.1844; d.1903), are listed as residents of Harris County, Texas in the Cedar Bayou locale in the 1890 Texas census (sd # 2, ed # 57).
www.angelfire.com /tx3/RandysTexas/bayvets.html   (1195 words)

  
 David Wiggins (RE/MAX Realty Professionals) - Real Estate Agent - Reno, Nevada
David is a Certified Residential Specialist, Graduate of Realtors Institute, ePRO qualified, a member of the Real Estate Cyber Society and a member of the Allen Hainge Cyber Stars.
David has been in the top 1% of real estate agents in the country for years and joined RE/MAX Realty Professionals again in 2007.
David and his group truly want to offere you exceptional service and keep you as clients for years to come.
activerain.com /renorealestategroup   (729 words)

  
 David K. Wiggins and Patrick B. Miller / The Unlevel Playing Field
"Wiggins and Miller have produced an astonishingly fine book that chronicles the intersection of race, sports, and social change using an impressive and comprehensive array of primary documents.
Introductions and headnotes by David K. Wiggins and Patrick B. Miller place each document in context, shaping a compelling narrative.
DAVID K. teaches sport history at George Mason University.
www.press.uillinois.edu /s05/wiggins.html   (296 words)

  
 Losing the War on Terror by David Wiggins
Perhaps Dubya could explain to my eight year old son why the code has never dropped below yellow if we are safer from terrorism than we were a year ago.
Little David keeps asking me that, but I can’t give him a convincing explanation.
David Wiggins [send him mail] is a West Point (United States Military Academy) distinguished graduate and an honors graduate of New York Medical College.
www.lewrockwell.com /orig4/wiggins2.html   (903 words)

  
 David Wiggins & Tim Misenhimer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
David was a producer on the independent film "Em and Me" which has won numerous awards on the film festival circuit both here in the states and abroad.
Tim Misenhimer was born and raised in Southern Calfornia.
Tim served as a producer on the indie film "Em and Me" and continues to be in development on many projects with Neighbors Entertainment.
www.mybigfatindependentmovie.com /film_prod.html   (234 words)

  
 David Wiggins Archive
The best advice I could offer you as you go through life is to take nothing for granted, and to continually try to square your beliefs with reality.
In that way, you will progressively approach the truth rather than constantly be forced to rationalize fantasies about life." Column by David Wiggins.
"The patriots are succumbing to the Patriot Act." Column by David Wiggins.
www.strike-the-root.com /archive/wiggins.html   (704 words)

  
 Sport in America - Human Kinetics
David K. Wiggins, PhD, is director of undergraduate health science programs and professor of physical education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Since earning his PhD from the University of Maryland in 1979, Wiggins has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in sport history at Kansas State University and George Mason University.
Wiggins is an expert on American sport, particularly as it relates to the involvement of fl athletes in sport and physical activity.
www.humankinetics.com /products/showproduct.cfm?isbn=0873225201   (693 words)

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