Philosophical Studies 176 (10):2551-2561 (2019)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
Are there entities which are just distinct, with no discerning property or relation? Although the existence of such utterly indiscernible entities is ensured by mathematical and scientific practice, their legitimacy faces important philosophical challenges. I will discuss the most fundamental objections that have been levelled against utter indiscernibles, argue for the inadequacy of the extant arguments to allay perplexity about them, and put forward a novel defence of these entities against those objections.
|
Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) |
Categories |
No categories specified (categorize this paper) |
ISBN(s) | |
DOI | 10.1007/s11098-018-1140-5 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology.Stewart Shapiro - 1997 - Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
View all 22 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
No citations found.
Similar books and articles
Indiscernible Universals.Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra - 2017 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 60 (6):604-624.
Characterization of NIP Theories by Ordered Graph-Indiscernibles.Lynn Scow - 2012 - Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 163 (11):1624-1641.
Indiscernibility Does Not Distinguish Particularity.Daniel Giberman - 2016 - Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 5 (4):249-256.
Some Remarks on Indiscernible Sequences.Enrique Casanovas - 2003 - Mathematical Logic Quarterly 49 (5):475-478.
In Defence of Activities.Phyllis Illari & Jon Williamson - 2013 - Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 44 (1):69-83.
On ℵ0-Categorical Weakly o-Minimal Structures.B. Herwig, H. D. Macpherson, G. Martin, A. Nurtazin & J. K. Truss - 1999 - Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 101 (1):65-93.
Flew and the Free Will Defence: RICHARD L. PURTILL.Richard L. Purtill - 1977 - Religious Studies 13 (4):477-483.
Structuralism's Unpaid Epistemological Debts.Bob Hale - 1996 - Philosophia Mathematica 4 (2):124--47.
Causal Essentialism and the Identity of Indiscernibles.Cameron Gibbs - 2018 - Philosophical Studies 175 (9):2331-2351.
Some Remarks on Second Order Logic with Existence Attributes.Nino B. Cocchiarella - 1968 - Noûs 2 (2):165-175.
Yet Another Paper on the Supervenience Argument Against Coincident Entities.Theodore Sider - 2008 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 77 (3):613-624.
Whitehead's Theory of Actual Entities: Defence and Criticism.A. H. Johnson - 1945 - Philosophy of Science 12 (4):237-295.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2018-07-12
Total views
59 ( #194,827 of 2,518,114 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #408,577 of 2,518,114 )
2018-07-12
Total views
59 ( #194,827 of 2,518,114 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #408,577 of 2,518,114 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads