Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 92 (2):307-328 (2016)
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According to the traditional bundle theory, particulars are bundles of compresent universals. I think we should reject the bundle theory for a variety of reasons. But I will argue for the thesis at the core of the bundle theory: that all the facts about particulars are grounded in facts about universals. I begin by showing how to meet the main objection to this thesis (which is also the main objection to the bundle theory): that it is inconsistent with the possibility of distinct qualitative indiscernibles. Here, the key idea appeals to a non-standard theory of haecceities as non-well-founded properties of a certain sort. I will then defend this theory from a number of objections, and finally argue that we should accept it on the basis of considerations of parsimony about the fundamental.
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Keywords | bundle theory identity of indiscernibles grounding fundamentality platonism qualitative haecceities properties universals non-well-foundedness |
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Reprint years | 2016 |
DOI | 10.1111/phpr.12190 |
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