Bundles, Individuation and Indiscernibility
European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 7 (1):36-48 (2011)
| Abstract | In a recent paper, Sun Demirli (2010) proposes an allegedly new way of conceiving of individuation in the context of the bundle theory of object constitution. He suggests that allowing for distance relations to individuate objects solves the problems with worlds containing indiscernible objects that would otherwise affect the theory. The aim of the present paper is i) To show that Demirli’s proposal falls short of achieving this goal and ii) To carry out a more general critical assessment of the issue by appraising the costs and benefits of Demirli’s view as well as of existing alternatives. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Individuation Indiscernibility Bundle Theory | |||||||||
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